Avalonian: Difference between revisions
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1) There is one interroɡative pronoun: je 'who, what' which is undifferentiated for number. | 1) There is one interroɡative pronoun: je 'who, what' which is undifferentiated for number. | ||
2) All other interrogatives are built from this by adding the appropriate case. Eɡ: | 2) All other interrogatives are built from this by adding the appropriate case. Eɡ: jez 'where?', jeq 'with whom?' | ||
3) There is an interrogative pronominal possessive prefix: jen- 'whose?'. | 3) There is an interrogative pronominal possessive prefix: jen- 'whose?'. | ||
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4) Prefixing je- to a noun gives the sense of 'which?'. | 4) Prefixing je- to a noun gives the sense of 'which?'. | ||
5) The canonical word-order of | 5) The canonical word-order of Magellanican is VSOX. Interrogative pronouns or nouns taking an interrogative pronominal possessive prefix violate this by being fronted to before the verb. | ||
=====Indefinite Pronouns===== | =====Indefinite Pronouns===== | ||