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Pronoun

 * 1) second person singular pronoun you
 * 2) * Shí dóó ni ayóo ałk’is niidlį́.
 * You and I are really good friends.
 * 1) second person singular possessive pronoun yours
 * 2) * Díí naaltsoos éí ni.
 * This book is yours.

Usage notes
The verb in Navajo incorporates information about person, and many sentences may thus not have explicit independent pronouns. For instance: Both sentences are grammatically complete, and mean essentially the same thing: you are at home. The verb naniná is in the second-person form, so the pronoun can be safely omitted, as in the first sentence. This is similar to pronoun dropping in other languages where the verb specifies person, such as Spanish. Meanwhile, the explicit use of ni in the second sentence emphasizes that the speaker is talking about you. This can be thought of as roughly equivalent to the use of emphasis in English: while the first sentence comes across as you're at home, the second one is more like you, you're at home.
 * Hooghandi naniná.
 * Ni éí hooghandi naniná.