Although there were many pronoun charts left behind by JRR Tolkien, no Sindarin pronoun chart has been published to give us any idea of a complete pronominal system as he envisioned one. Hopefully, this will change in the near future and we will be able to shed more light on the subject for our readers.

The attested independent pronouns are listed below. First you will need to know what each “person” (1st, 2nd, 3rd) emcompasses. 1st person is used when you are referring to yourself, either singularly or in a group. 2nd person is used when you are addressing a person(s) as “you”, either singular or plural. 3rd person is used when you are referring to “he, she, or it” in singular or plural form.

Any word marked by a ? or preceded by the word “possibly” means that it is not completely sure if this is a proper translated form.

SUBJECT

first person: second person: third person:
im (I) le (you) e (he, possibly she, it)
min (we) pen (one, someone, anyone)

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DIRECT OBJECT

first person: second person: third person:
nin (me) le (you) ? hain (them)
men (us) di (those)
den (it) ?

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INDIRECT OBJECT

first person: second person: third person:
anim (for myself) le (to you) …………..
enni (to me)
ammen (for us, of us, to us)

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THE RELATIVE PRONOUNS
The relative pronoun is used to introduce a clause that “relates” or explains characteristics of another noun.

i (who, that …. singular form) sometimes causes lenition of the following word
in (who, that …. plural form) sometimes causes nasal mutation of itself and following word

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POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
Possessive adjectives are not independent pronouns. They are like all other adjectives in that they are used to describe a noun, and like most adjectives, follow the noun they describe. This is just a “recap” from the adjective lesson, because they are “pronominal”.

first person: second person: third person:
nín (my) lín (your) dîn (his, possibly hers, its)
vín (our)

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THE REFLEXIVE POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE
Reflexive possessive adjectives are used to reflect back to the subject of the sentence.

în (his, possibly hers, its)

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PRONOUN SUFFIX FORMS ATTACHED TO VERBS (subject only)

first person: second person: third person:
-n (I) -ch (you sing.) – (no suffix attached for singular)
-m (we) -l (you pl.) -r (they)

NOTE: The above pronominal forms are all that are attested in Sindarin at this time.
It is probably safe to “extrapolate” subject forms of hain (them) as “san” (that) and “sain” (they), and singular object form as han. Subject forms of di (those) and den (if “den” indeed means “it”) would probably be “ti” (those) and “ten” (it).
Likewise, the mutated form “ben” (one, someone, anyone) from “pen” would probably be a safe direct object pronoun.

NOTE: The Etymologies lists several Noldorin forms for he, she, it and their plurals. I will list them below.
he: ho, hon, hono … pl. huin
she: he, hen, hene … pl. hîn
it: ha, hana … pl. hein

“Hein” later became “hain” in Sindarin due to regular sound change … as seen in the Moria Gate inscription. “Huin” later became “hýn” in Sindarin. David Salo uses “hon” in the LOTR movies for “he/him”, instead of “e” as seen in the King’s Letter.