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**Nominative is ''maxí'' | **Nominative is ''maxí'' | ||
*''maxoo'' (dative of ''maxa''): why - e.g. ''<b>Maxóo</b> baxta?'' "'''Why''' are you leaving" | *''maxoo'' (dative of ''maxa''): why - e.g. ''<b>Maxóo</b> baxta?'' "'''Why''' are you leaving" | ||
*'' | *''miyya'': who (singular) - e.g. ''<b>Míyya</b> tarka?'' "'''Who''' do you see?" | ||
**Nominative is '' | **Nominative is ''miyyí'' | ||
*'' | *''miyyi'' (genitive of ''miyya''): whose - e.g. ''Kuni <b>míyyi</b> kitaaba?'' "'''Whose''' book is this?" | ||
**Like all genitives, must take a head nominal or ''-m'' - e.g. ''Kuni <b> | **Like all genitives, must take a head nominal or ''-m'' - e.g. ''Kuni <b>míyyim</b>?'' "'''Whose''' is this?" | ||
*''mánama; mádada'': who (plural) - e.g. ''<b>Madadú</b> imaataani?'' "'''Who (''pl.'')''' are coming?" | *''mánama; mádada'': who (plural) - e.g. ''<b>Madadú</b> imaataani?'' "'''Who (''pl.'')''' are coming?" | ||
*''meeqa'': how much; how many - e.g. ''<b>Méeqa</b> lite?'' "'''How much/many''' do you have?" | *''meeqa'': how much; how many - e.g. ''<b>Méeqa</b> lite?'' "'''How much/many''' do you have?" | ||