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| 3PS || /səʔ/ [səʔ] || /ˈkəʔɲəʔ/ [ˈkɪʔɲɪʔ] || /ɲəʔ/ [ɲɪʔ] | | 3PS || /səʔ/ [səʔ] || /ˈkəʔɲəʔ/ [ˈkɪʔɲɪʔ] || /ɲəʔ/ [ɲɪʔ] | ||
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| Reflexive || N/A || /ˈɽəⁿdʑəʔ/ [ˈɽɘndʑɪʔ] || /waⁿ/ [waⁿ] | |||
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| Reciprocal || N/A || /ˈɕaⁿqʷəʔ/ [ˈɕɐɴqʷɔʔ] || /ˈdəʔʎəʔ/ [ˈdɪʔʎɪʔ] | |||
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The second person plural pronouns can also be used to refer to a single person, if the speaker desires to express respect to that person. This is similar to French tu vs. vous. | The second person plural pronouns can also be used to refer to a single person, if the speaker desires to express respect to that person. This is similar to French tu vs. vous. | ||
The reflexive patientive pronoun is used where English would say "myself", "yourself" etc. For example: | |||
/kʷəʔˈta-ɟa ʎə-ˈkəʔta ˈɽəⁿdʑəʔ/ | |||
[kʷʊˈtːæɟæ ʎɪˈkətːa ˈɽɘndʑɪʔ] | |||
dog-ERG ATEL-bite REFL.PAT | |||
The dog was biting itself. | |||
The reflexive genitive pronoun is used where English would say "my own", "your own" etc. For example: | |||
/kʷəʔˈta-ɟa ʎə-ˈkəʔta waⁿ ˈʀʷəʔtʷəʔ/ | |||
[kʷʊˈtːæɟæ ʎɪˈkətːa waⁿ ˈʁʷɔtːʷʊʔ] | |||
dog-ERG ATEL-bite REFL.GEN bone | |||
The dog was biting its own bone. | |||
The reciprocal patientive pronoun is used where English would say "each other" or "one another". For example: | |||
/kʷəʔˈta-ɟa ʎə-ˈkəʔta ˈɕaⁿqʷəʔ/ | |||
[kʷʊˈtːæɟæ ʎɪˈkətːa ˈɕɐɴqʷɔʔ] | |||
dog-ERG ATEL-bite RECP.PAT | |||
The dogs were biting each other. | |||
The reciprocal genitive pronoun is used where English would say "each other's" or "one another's". For example: | |||
/kʷəʔˈta-ɟa ʎə-ˈkəʔta ˈdəʔʎəʔ ˈʀʷəʔtʷəʔ/ | |||
[kʷʊˈtːæɟæ ʎɪˈkətːa ˈdɪʔʎɪʔ ˈʁʷɔtːʷʊʔ] | |||
dog-ERG ATEL-bite RECP.PAT bone | |||
The dogs were biting each other's bones. | |||
==Verbs== | ==Verbs== | ||