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==Pronouns== | ==Pronouns== | ||
Pronouns have three cases: Nominative is used when the pronoun is subject or agent in a sentence, but nominative pronoun can be dropped off in simple senteces: 'Beam '''pa''' po kweo' ''''I''''m going there.' Objective form is used when pronoun is an object or with prepositions such as 'for': 'Bekoram '''dek''' ki '''phik'''.' 'I'll give '''it''' for '''you'''.' Possessive pronouns are used to indicate ownership: 'Sapam '''pär'''' ''''My''' hand' | ===Personal=== | ||
Pronouns have three cases: Nominative is used when the pronoun is subject or agent in a sentence, but nominative pronoun can be dropped off in simple senteces: 'Beam '''pa''' po kweo' ''''I''''m going there.' Objective form is used when pronoun is an object or with prepositions such as 'for': 'Bekoram '''dek''' ki '''phik'''.' 'I'll give '''it''' for '''you'''.' Possessive pronouns are used to indicate ownership: 'Sapam '''pär'''' ''''My''' hand' In more formal speach, the possessive pronouns are also given suffixes depending on the head noun they're determining: 'Sapam päry' and plural 'Sapamoh pär(y)s' | |||
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Second singular polite is used when talking to a person with higher social status, for example an elder, priest or noble. The rare second plural polite is especially used when addressing court members or the Six Elemental Guardians of Golden Islet. 3rd singular neutral is used if the gender of a person, who is being talked of, is not known: 'Donba '''thor'''' ''''His/her''' book'. | Second singular polite is used when talking to a person with higher social status, for example an elder, priest or noble. The rare second plural polite is especially used when addressing court members or the Six Elemental Guardians of Golden Islet. 3rd singular neutral is used if the gender of a person, who is being talked of, is not known: 'Donba '''thor'''' ''''His/her''' book'. | ||
There is only one reflexive pronoun for all, 'par' (self), which is used together with objective case when subject does something to itself: 'Doe thek.' means 'She sees her.', but 'Doe thek par.' means 'She sees herself.' Similarly 'Xamimho phoek par' 'We wash ourselves.' | |||
However, if subject does something by itself, 'pre' is used: 'Doe thek '''pre'''.' 'She sees her '''by herself'''.' | |||
===Demonstrative=== | |||
==Nouns== | ==Nouns== | ||