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Both turn out to be the exact same thing. So if someone says, <InlinePs opts={opts} ps={{ p: "ماشوم مې یې وواهه", f: "maashoom me ye óowaahu", e: "" }} /> that can mean either, "She hit my child" or "I hit her child!"
Both turn out to be the exact same thing. So if someone says, <InlinePs opts={opts} ps={{ p: "ماشوم مې یې وواهه", f: "maashoom me ye óowaahu", e: "" }} />, that can mean either, "She hit my child" or "I hit her child!"
Remember our example about about their brother sitting in your house yesterday? There could be a second meaning to this sentence, can you work it out?
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Your brother was sitting in his/her/their house yesterday.
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So you can see there can be a bit of ambiguity when using mini-pronouns. They are used **extremely frequently**, but in places when it's obvious who/what you're referencing.
Once something becomes a mini-pronoun, it floats over into the kids' section and lines up in order there, so there's no telling where it came from other than from context. You can see there can be a bit of ambiguity when using mini-pronouns. They are used **extremely frequently**, but in places when it's obvious who/what you're referencing.