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# NSMorphologyCustomPronoun

A custom pronoun behavior for use in a specific langauge.

```
@interface NSMorphologyCustomPronoun : NSObject
```

## Overview

Set a [`NSMorphologyCustomPronoun`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMorphologyCustomPronoun) instance on a [`NSMorphology`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMorphology) instance when you want to provide a langauge-specific customization of pronoun use in that language. Different languages have different requirements for the grammatical information needed to apply a custom pronoun, so you set custom pronoun behavior on a per-language basis.

The example below shows how to create English “ze” and “hir” custom pronouns:

```objc
let ze = [[NSMorphologyCustomPronoun alloc] init];
ze.subjectForm = "ze";
ze.objectForm = "hir";
ze.possessiveForm = "hir";
ze.possessiveAdjectiveForm = "hir";
ze.reflexiveForm = "hirself";
```

[`NSMorphologyCustomPronoun`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMorphologyCustomPronoun) only supports third-person pronouns. Use this feature when your app needs to refer to third parties with a specific pronoun.

## Topics

### Assessing Custom Pronoun Support

[`+  isSupportedForLanguage:`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMorphologyCustomPronoun/isSupportedForLanguage:)

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the given language supports setting custom pronouns.

[`+  requiredKeysForLanguage:`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMorphologyCustomPronoun/requiredKeysForLanguage:)

Returns a collection of the custom pronoun keys required by this language.

### Determining Pronoun Forms

[`subjectForm`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMorphologyCustomPronoun/subjectForm)

The subject pronoun form to apply when using this custom pronoun behavior.

[`objectForm`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMorphologyCustomPronoun/objectForm)

The object pronoun form to apply when using this custom pronoun behavior.

[`possessiveForm`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMorphologyCustomPronoun/possessiveForm)

The posessive pronoun form to apply when using this custom pronoun behavior.

[`possessiveAdjectiveForm`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMorphologyCustomPronoun/possessiveAdjectiveForm)

The posessive adjective pronoun form to apply when using this custom pronoun behavior.

[`reflexiveForm`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMorphologyCustomPronoun/reflexiveForm)

The reflexive pronoun form to apply when using this custom pronoun behavior.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`NSSecureCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSSecureCoding)

[`NSCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCopying)

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

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