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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
==== | ====Personal==== | ||
Personal pronouns only truly exist for the 1st and 2nd persons, the 3rd person pronouns being demonstratives. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||
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! width="100;" | !! width="100;" | Singular !! width="100;" | Plural | |||
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! 1st | |||
| ''ni'' || ''bi'' (excl.) <br> ''bu'' (incl.) | |||
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! 2nd | |||
| ''chi'' || ''fu'' | |||
|} | |||
Note that the 1st person plural has both exclusive ''bi'' 'us (but not you)' and inclusive ''bu'' 'us all'. | |||
No distinctions of case are made, the pronouns being followed by the case particles like nouns. The possessive pronouns are followed by the possessive particle ''na'' (when referring to alienable possession) or the genitive particle ''le'' (when inalienable), e.g. ''ni na | |||
There is also an '''indefinite''' pronoun ''yeka'', often used as a formal 1st singular. | |||
'''Emphatic''' forms of the personal pronouns are created with the suffix ''-be'', i.e. ''nibe, chibe, bibe, bube, fube''. These function as both emphatic pronouns, drawing particular attention to the person, and reflexive pronouns. | |||
====Demonstratives==== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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! width="100px;" | !! width="100px;" | Prox. !! width="100px;" | Dist. | |||
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! Inan. | |||
| ''tong'' || ''taz'' | |||
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! Masc. | |||
| ''attong'' || ''attaz'' | |||
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! Fem. | |||
| ''demetong'' || ''demetaz'' | |||
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! Mid. | |||
| ''hayatong'' || ''hayataz'' | |||
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====Interrogatives and Indefinites==== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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