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===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
====Personal pronouns==== | |||
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There is also a homophonous impersonal subject pronoun ''si'' used to form the pseudopassive ''é si mi labába'' "I was washed."--> | There is also a homophonous impersonal subject pronoun ''si'' used to form the pseudopassive ''é si mi labába'' "I was washed."--> | ||
====Interrogative pronouns==== | |||
*''kôs'': what | |||
*''úndi, lugárké'': where | |||
*''môdi kê'': how | |||
*''kén'': who | |||
*''wêskê'': when | |||
*''kê'': what/which | |||
**Less generic than ''kôs''. | |||
*''kâl'': which | |||
**More specific than ''kê''. | |||
When used in a sentence, interrogative pronouns are followed by the focus particle ''éki'', with optional contraction. | |||
'''Examples:''' | |||
*''Kôs éki bu tá komê?'' / ''Kosêbu tá komê?'' "What are you eating?" | |||
*''Kén éki li bêba?'' / ''Kenhéli bêba?'' "Who did (s)he see?" | |||
*''Wêskê éki lis bîn?'' / ''Weskêlis bîn?'' "When are they coming?" | |||
*''Úndi éki lis nu bêba?'' / ''Undélis nu bêba?'' "Where did they see us?" | |||
====Demonstrative pronouns==== | |||
*''kês'' "this/these" (near) | |||
**Explicit plural: ''kêsis'' "these" | |||
*''kêl'' "that/those" (far) | |||
**Explicit plural: ''kêlis'' "those" | |||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||