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|'''I''' | |'''I''' | ||
|'' | |''du'' | ||
|'' | |''duón, duoxú, duotuón'', | ||
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|'''II''' | |'''II''' | ||
|''ku'' | |''ku'' | ||
|''kuón, | |''kuón, kuoxú, kuotuón'' | ||
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|'''III''' | |'''III''' | ||
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As you can see, Cha speakers use words "man", "woman", "person" and "thing" as 3-rd person pronouns. It is more frequent however to see words ''karmen'', ''karmel'' ("''that'' man", "''that'' woman") and so forth. The use of ''kar-'' and ''ka-'' depends on where the referred persons or objects are. | As you can see, Cha speakers use words "man", "woman", "person" and "thing" as 3-rd person pronouns. It is more frequent however to see words ''karmen'', ''karmel'' ("''that'' man", "''that'' woman") and so forth. The use of ''kar-'' and ''ka-'' depends on where the referred persons or objects are. | ||
The 1-st and 2-nd person plural pronouns have full forms that losely correspond to phrases like "my people" and "your people"; however, short forms '' | The 1-st and 2-nd person plural pronouns have full forms that losely correspond to phrases like "my people" and "your people"; however, short forms ''duón'' and ''kuón'' are most frequently used. Instead of the plural with ''-ón'', one often can hear ''duoxú,'' ''kuoxú'' and ''tuoxú'' (lit. "the pair of us", "the pair of you" or "pair of them"). | ||
Putting personal pronouns into Genitive produces possessive pronouns: '' | Putting personal pronouns into Genitive produces possessive pronouns: ''duo'' (mine, lit. "of me"), ''meno'' (his) etc. When one needs to underscore possession, the verb ''á'' (have) can be fused in, e.g. ''duáo'' (mine, that is belonging to me). | ||
====Demonstrative, Interrogative and Negative Pronouns==== | ====Demonstrative, Interrogative and Negative Pronouns==== | ||