The stylistics of pronouns

In Uzbek, person and number are also understood from the ending in the predicate (bordim, bordingiz), so in conversation the pronouns men, sen, u are used only when emphasis is needed: “Men emas, Sardor yozdi” (Not I, Sardor wrote it). Constantly saying men sounds arrogant; biz (we) expresses modesty or appears in an author’s speech as “bizningcha”, “fikrimizcha” (in our opinion). Siz is an expression of respect and in formal letters may be capitalised (Sizga). For an elder, ular and o‘zlari are also used with respect for one person: “Bobom keldilar, o‘zlari sizni so‘rayaptilar” (My grandfather has come, he himself is asking for you). Sometimes a pronoun works as a euphemism, replacing a name. In a literary text excessive repetition of personal pronouns weakens the style.