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these two pronouns, long is the more commonly used form.
Ion, which is the only form of this category in the dialects
of Greater Aceh and Pidie, is considered a polite form in
North Aceh dialect.
Acehnese pronouns consist of full forms and bound
forms, that is, their prefixal and suffixal forms. The full
forms are presented below in Table 1 and the bound forms in
Table 2. The only pronoun that does not have a bound form is
lontuwan 'I (very polite),' which is actually a noun phrase
consisting of Ion 'I' and tuwan 'master.' In places where
other pronouns are represented by their bound forms, this
pronoun is represented by its full form.
Sometimes the reflexive forms with droe 'self are used
instead of pronouns. This is formed by combining droe with
the suffixal form of a pronoun. This is how the pronoun
droeneuh 'you' was historically formed. The original pronoun
which has been replaced by droeneuh is fla 'you (respected),
which is still in used in some areas in Greater Aceh
dialect. This word fits very well with the two bound forms,
neu- and -neuh.
Not all pronouns can be replaced by their reflexive
forms. There are seven reflexive forms that are sometimes
used in place of the ordinary pronouns. They are:
droelon/droelong for Ion/long, droekuh for kaa, droeneuh
for na (fla is found only in Greater Aceh), droeteuh for
gata/ droekeuh for kah/ droeoeuh for goonvan. and droeiih
for iih.