Pronouns
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Number |
Person |
Gender |
Pronouns |
Possessive |
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Subject |
Object |
Possessive |
Reflexive |
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Singular |
1st |
m/f (I) |
añí, mui |
añáre, moré |
añár, mor |
añínize, muinize |
añár, mor |
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2nd |
m/f (you) |
tuñí |
tuáñre |
tuáñr |
tuñínize |
tuáñr |
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3rd |
m (he) |
ite * |
itaré |
itar |
itenize |
itar |
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m/f (he/she) |
ibá * |
ibáre |
ibár |
ibánize |
ibár |
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n (it) |
yián |
yiánóre |
yiánór |
yiánnize |
yiánór |
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Plural |
1st |
m/f (we) |
añára |
añáráre |
añárar |
añáránize |
añárar |
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2nd |
m/f (you) |
tuáñra |
tuáñráre |
tuáñrar |
tuáñránize |
tuáñrar |
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3rd |
m/f (they) |
itará * |
itaráre |
itarár |
itaránize |
itarár |
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n (they) |
iín * |
iínóre |
iínór |
iínnize |
iínór |
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Gender: m=male, f=female, n=neuter., *=the person or object is near., **=the person or object is far.
Definite articles
1. If a noun ends with a vowel then the article is either an or wa if singular, or un or in if plural or uncountable.
Usually wa is used for round-fatty objects, and an for flat-thin objects.
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singular |
plural |
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Kéti án |
(the farm) |
Kéti ún/ín |
(the farms) |
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Fothú án |
(the photo) |
Fothú ún/ín |
(the photo) |
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Fata wá |
(the leaf) |
Fata ún/ín |
(the leaves) |
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Boro wá |
(the large tree) |
Boro ún/ín |
(the large trees) |
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Lou ún/ín |
(the blood) |
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2. If a noun ends with a consonant then the article is the end-consonant plus án or wá for singular, or ún or ín for plural.
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Debal lán |
(the wall) |
Debal lún/lín |
(the walls) |
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Mes sán |
(the table) |
Mes sún/sín |
(the tables) |
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Kitap pwá |
(the book) |
Kitap pún/pín |
(the books) |
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Manúic cwá |
(the man) |
Manúic cún/cín |
(the men) |
3. If a noun ends with r, then the article is g plus án or wá for singular, or ún or ín for plural.
gún is used for human and gín for non-human.
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Tar gán |
(the wire) |
Tar gún/gín |
(the wires) |
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Duar gán |
(the door) |
Duar gún/gín |
(the doors) |
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Kuñir gwá |
(the dog) |
Kuñir gún/gín |
(the dogs) |
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Faár gwá |
(the mountain) |
Faár gún/gín |
(the mountains) |
Indefinite articles
Indefinite articles can be used either before or after the noun. Uggwá usually is used for roll/round/fatty shaped objects and ekkán is for thin/flat shaped objects.
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singular |
plural |
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Uggwá fata |
(a leaf) |
Hodún fata |
(some leaves) |
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Ekkán fothú |
(a picture) |
Hodún Fothú |
(some pictures) |
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-or- |
-or- |
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Fata uggwá |
(a leaf) |
Fata hodún |
(some leaves) |
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Fothú ekkán |
(a picture) |
Fothú hodún |
(some pictures) |
