complicated by the fact that there is a different behavior whether the following verb is a simple or a compound form. For example: mé le càte sö (I pick them up) mé ió catàde sö (I have picked them up) lur i la càta sö (they pick it up) lur i l'à catàt sö (they have picked it up)Examples of use of the pronouns: Tonic form can be used as subject at the beginning of the sentence or as indirect object after a preposition. mé nó a Milà (I go to Milan) ègne con té (I come with you) A peculiar feature of Eastern Lombard is the proclitic form for the subject. This form precedes the main verb and is obligatory for the second singular person and the third person (singular and plural). Té ta sét dré a majà 'l ris (you are eating rice) The proclitic form for the direct object precedes the verb, as in: mé ta ède (I see you) mé.tonic.subject ta.clitic.object ède.1st.sing The dative proclitic form precedes the verb, as in: chèsta tùrta, la ma pjas pròpe (this cake, I really like it). Literally: chèsta.fem.sing tùrta, la.subject.clitic ma.dative.clitic pjas.present.3rd.sing pròpe The object enclitic is used mainly for pronominal forms of infinitive and imperative: i völ copàm (they want to kill me.) scrìel zó! (write it down!) When both an enclitic dative and an enclitic object are present, the enclitic dative comes before and an -e- is introduced between the two enclitic pronouns: el pöl dàfel adès (he can give it to you now) scrìemej zó! (write them down [to me, for me]!) Demonstrative Pronouns Demonstrative pronouns are identical in form with the demonstrative adjectives (see corresponding table). Of course, they occur without a noun and they agree in number and gender with the referent. Demonstrative pronouns are almost always used with the deictic particle ché or là. However, while with demonstrative adjectives chèl can be used in combination with ché, demonstrative pronouns do not accept the expression *chèl ché. So: chèsto s·cèt ché (this boy) -> chèsto ché (this one) chèl s·cèt là (that boy) -> chèl là (that one) chèl s·cèt ché (this boy) -> no corresponding expression (*chèl ché is not an acceptable form). In pronoun resolution (finding the referent of a pronoun), strong preference is given to animate entities rather to inanimate entities. Verbs One of the first description of the verb declension