Reflexives - Norwegian
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The following is a full list of the forms serving as personal pronouns:
jeg 1p sg nominative meg 1p sg accusative reflexive_or_non-reflexive du 2p sg nominative deg 2p sg accusative reflexive_or_non-reflexive han 3p sg masc nominative ham 3p sg masc accusative non-reflexive hun 3p sg fem nominative henne 3p sg fem accusative non-reflexive den 3p sg masc/fem det 3p sg neut seg 3p accusative reflexive_only vi 1p pl nominative oss 1p pl accusative reflexive_or_non-reflexive dere 2p pl reflexive_or_non-reflexive de 3p pl nominative dem 3p pl accusative non-reflexive
See Possessive constructions in Norwegian on how these forms compare to their possessive counterparts..
Pattern 2 is constituted by
min ('my'), when the possessor is first person singular,
din ('your') when the possessor is second person singular,
sin (reflexive 'his', 'her') when the possessor is third person singular,
and these forms inflect as follows reflecting the noun for the item possessed:
when the noun for the item possessed is a masculine singular noun: min, din, sin when the noun for the item possessed is a feminine singular noun: mi, di, si when the noun for the item possessed is a neuter singular noun: mitt, ditt, sitt when the noun for the item possessed is a plural noun, any gender: mine, dine, sine
Pattern 3 has one item, vår ('our'), for first person plural, which has the pattern:
.
when the noun for the item possessed is a masculine singular noun: vår when the noun for the item possessed is a feminine singular noun: vår when the noun for the item possessed is a neuter singular noun: vårt when the noun for the item possessed is a plural noun, any gender: våre