The pronouns are more numerous than in any European language, and show clearer distinctions in meaning. Thus, in the singular, besides the ordinary pronouns, I, thou, he and she, the language possesses an indeterminate form, which answers very nearly to the French _on_. The first person of the dual has two forms, the one including, the other excluding, the person addressed, and signifying, therefore, respectively, "thou and I," and "he and I." The first person plural has the same twofold form. The third persons dual and plural have masculine and feminine forms. Thus the language has fifteen personal pronouns, all in common use, and all, it may be added, useful in expressing distinctions which the English can only indicate by circumlocutions. These pronouns are best shown in the form in which they are prefixed to a verb. The following are examples of the verb _katkahtos_, I see (root _atkahto_) and _kenonwes_, I love (root _nonwe_), as conjugated in the present tense:-- _katkahtos_, I see. _satkahtos_, thou seest. _ratkahtos_, he sees. _watkahtos_, she sees, _iontkahtos_, one sees. _tiatkahtos_, we two see (thou and I.) _iakiatkahtos_, we two see (he and I.) _tsiatkahtos_, ye two see. _hiatkahtos_, they two see (masc.) _kiatkahtos_, they two see (fem.) _tewatkahtos_, we see (ye and I.) _iakwatkahtos_, we see (they and I.) _sewatkahtos_, ye see. _rontkahtos_, they see (masc.) _kontkahtos_, they see (fem.) _kenonwes_, I love. _senonwes_, thou lovest. _rononwes_, he loves. _kanonwes_, she loves. _icnonwes_, one loves. _teninonwes_, we two love (thou and I) _iakeninonwes_, we two love (he and I) _seninonwes_, ye two love. _hninonwes_, they two love (masc.) _keninonwes_, they two love (fem.) _tewanonwes_, we love (ye and I.) _iakwanonwes_, we love (they and I.) _sewanonwes_, ye love. _ratinonwes_, they love (masc.) _kontinonwes_, they love (fem.) It will be observed that in these examples the prefixed pronouns differ considerably in some cases. These differences determine (or are determined by) the conjugation of the verbs. _Katkahtos_ belongs to the first conjugation, and _kenonwes_ to the second. There are three other conjugations, each of which shows some peculiarity in the prefixed pronouns, though, in the main, a general resemblance runs through them all. There are other variations of the pronouns, according to the "paradigm," as it is called, to which the verb belongs. Of these paradigms there are two, named in the modern Iroquois grammars paradigms K and A, from the first or characteristic letter of the first personal pronoun. The particular conjugation and paradigm to which any verb belongs can only be learned by practice, or from the dictionaries.