be constructed from the oblique cases, they are discussed in the 'Possessive Pronouns' section below. The emphasised oblique case for the pronoun आप (āp) is constructed periphrastically using the exclusive emphatic particle ही (hī) which is आप ही (āp hī). Although pronounced the same as आफी (āphī), it is never written like that. Demonstrative, interrogative, and relative pronouns Just like Sanskrit, Hindi does not have true third person pronouns, but its demonstratives play their role when they stand independently of a substantive. The demonstrative pronouns just like the personal pronouns can be declined into the nominative, ergative, accusative/dative and the oblique case. The relative and the interrogative pronouns can be constructed for the non-nominative cases by just changing the first consonant of the demonstrative pronouns to ज (j) and क (k) respectively. Notes: The ergative case is predominantly used with animate nouns. कौन is the animate interrogative and क्या is the inanimate interrogative. जो is used as both the animate and inanimate relative pronoun. The genitive and semblative postpositions decline to agree with the number, gender, and case of the object it possesses or describes respectively. Possessive pronouns The possessive pronouns are the same as the possessive adjectives, but each is inflected to express the grammatical person of the possessor and the grammatical gender of the possessed. Unlike the personal pronouns (except for आप), there are no true possessive pronoun forms for the demonstrative pronouns. So, the demonstrative, interrogative, and relative possessive pronouns are formed using oblique case with the postposition का (kā). The possessive pronouns and the genitive postposition का (kā) decline to agree with the number, gender, and case of the possessed object. In colloquial usage जो (jo) functions as both animate and inanimate relative pronoun. सो (so) (inanimate relative pronoun) also sometimes used but in a limited manner. Reflexive pronouns There are a number of words in Hindi that function as reflexive pronouns. The indeclinable स्वयं (svayam) can indicate reflexivity pertaining to subjects of any person or number, and—since subjects in Hindi can appear in the nominative, or dative cases—it can have the sense of any of these two cases. ख़ुद (khud) and स्वयं (svayam) are indeclinable reflexive pronouns. अपना (apnā) is a declinable reflexive pronoun. Indefinite pronouns There are two indefinite pronouns in Hindi: कोई (someone, somebody) and कुछ (something). कुछ is also used as an adjective (numeral and quantitative) and as an adverb meaning ‘some,