In Innu, personal pronouns are used to put emphasis on the person who is speaking or being spoken to. They are referred to as emphatic personal pronouns. They can be used on their own or with their corresponding personal prefixes, which occur on nouns and verbs.

 EMPHATIC PERSONAL PRONOUNS

Pronouns		Meaning	Notation
niń		I, me, myself	1
tshiń		you (singular), yourself	2
uiń		she/he, her/him, herself/himself	3
neńua		that one, that person, those ones, those people	4(p), 5
nińan		we, us, ourselves (but not you)	1p
tshińanu		we, us, ourselves (and you)	21(p)
tshińuau		you (plural), yourselves	2p
uińuau		they, them, themselves	3p

OTHER PERSONAL PRONOUNS

Here are some other personal pronouns, derived from emphatic pronouns:

Pronouns that indicate what happens first

Pronoun + ishtam	Meaning
nińishtam	me first
nińishtaminan	us (excluding you) first
tshińishtam	you first
tshińishtaminan	us (including you) first
tshińishtamuau	you (plural) first
uińishtam	her/him first

Dubitative pronouns

Pronoun + itshe	Meaning
nińitshe	it must be me, it must be mine
tshińitshe	it must be you, it must be yours
uińitshe	it must be her/him, it must be hers/his