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===Personal pronouns=== | ====Personal pronouns=== | ||
Personal pronouns feature a distinction between three persons | Personal pronouns feature a distinction between three persons, and, unlike any other elements of the sentence, compulsorily distinguish the number singular from the plural: | ||
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| style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 70px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 70px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> | | style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 70px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 70px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> | ||
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| <center><small>''1<sup><small>st</small></sup> person''</small></center> || | | <center><small>''1<sup><small>st</small></sup> person''</small></center> || go̱ || gø̱ | ||
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| <center><small>''2<sup><small>st</small></sup> person''</small></center> || | | <center><small>''2<sup><small>st</small></sup> person''</small></center> || sā || sæ̱̏ | ||
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| <center><small>''3<sup><small>st</small></sup> person''</small></center> || | | <center><small>''3<sup><small>st</small></sup> person''</small></center> || bē || bȅ̱ | ||
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The 3<sup><small>st</small></sup> person | The 3<sup><small>st</small></sup> person pronouns usually refer to semantically animate or human entities, although they may technically refer to every entity. For inanimate or unreal entities, demonostrative adjectives or pronouns are rather used. | ||
All forms, if adjoined by the preposition | All forms, if adjoined by the preposition sɪ̄̀ (<small>used as a postposition</small>), play the role of an indeclinable possessive adjective, being placed before a noun, or the role of indeclinable possessive pronoun, being placed before a demonstrative pronominal form. | ||
ta | go̱ sɪ̄̀ ta sū̀ xō sæ̱̏ sɪ̄̀ ma | ||
<small>my father saw your mother</small> | <small>my father saw your mother</small> | ||
ta | go̱ sɪ̄̀ ta sū̀ xō sæ̱̏ sɪ̄̀ tı̱̋ | ||
<small>my father saw yours</small> | <small>my father saw yours</small> | ||
Revision as of 01:34, 8 July 2025
=Personal pronouns
Personal pronouns feature a distinction between three persons, and, unlike any other elements of the sentence, compulsorily distinguish the number singular from the plural:
| go̱ | gø̱ | |
| sā | sæ̱̏ | |
| bē | bȅ̱ |
The 3st person pronouns usually refer to semantically animate or human entities, although they may technically refer to every entity. For inanimate or unreal entities, demonostrative adjectives or pronouns are rather used.
All forms, if adjoined by the preposition sɪ̄̀ (used as a postposition), play the role of an indeclinable possessive adjective, being placed before a noun, or the role of indeclinable possessive pronoun, being placed before a demonstrative pronominal form.
go̱ sɪ̄̀ ta sū̀ xō sæ̱̏ sɪ̄̀ ma my father saw your mother
go̱ sɪ̄̀ ta sū̀ xō sæ̱̏ sɪ̄̀ tı̱̋ my father saw yours
