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* 1st person pronouns: | * 1st person pronouns: | ||
** ''qawd'' (polite, from *3abd 'slave') | ** ''qawd'' (polite, from *3abd 'slave') | ||
** '' | ** ''npws'' (when speaking to non-intimate peers or someone of lower status) | ||
** ''dlag'' (intimate; from PFES *đV lak 'yours') | ** ''dlag'' (intimate; from PFES *đV lak 'yours') | ||
** ''nau'' (only used in poetry) | ** ''nau'' (only used in poetry) | ||
Revision as of 02:01, 20 January 2022
Hlaub lag, vi seb qawd ___ = Hello, my name is ___
definite article ðə -> vi
Grammar
Pronouns
- 1st person pronouns:
- qawd (polite, from *3abd 'slave')
- npws (when speaking to non-intimate peers or someone of lower status)
- dlag (intimate; from PFES *đV lak 'yours')
- nau (only used in poetry)
- 2nd person pronouns:
- nkaub (polite; from *maqāmu 'place')
- dliv (non-intimate, non-polite, from an older polite pronoun *laTip)
- qhov (intimate, from *Hubb)
- hmu (rude)
Family members use family terms to refer to themselves or to the listener.
Animate plurals marked with ... wj (PFES *wıl)