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The “disjunctive” or “tonic” form of these words can be the object complement or be added for emphasis. In contrast to other Romance languages, these words are added to the end of reflexive verbs in Spanish. The choice (10[1])of these words (10[1]-5[1])is determined by context in languages with the T-V (10[2]-5[1])distinction. In Japanese, examples of these words like “boku” and “watashi” (10[1])can convey different levels of formality. (10[1])The Spanish “elle” (10[2])(“EH-yay”) is a gender-neutral “neo-” one of these words. Most Romance languages drop words from this part of speech when they’re heavily implied, as with “yo” in Spanish. For 10 points, words in what part of speech include “they” and “them?” ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: pronouns [accept personal pronouns; accept disjunctive or tonic pronouns; accept neopronouns; accept gender-neutral pronouns; prompt on nouns]
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