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====Pronouns==== | ====Pronouns==== | ||
=====Personal Pronouns===== | =====Personal Pronouns===== | ||
There are only 3 [ | There are only 3 [[w:Personal_pronouns|personal pronouns]] in Gomah, divided along the category of person. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural Plurality], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deixis deixis], and other concepts are either left to implication or other structures. | ||
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* the Plural 2nd person comes with some caveats. It does not indicate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E2%80%93V_distinction T-V distinctions] like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language French]'s ''tu'' and ''vous'' do. It also carries the nuance that the other person not being addressed (the ''noo'') is absent or not present to the discourse; however, if it is needed for absolute clarity, the 3rd person may be present, but this usage is seen as odd at best and typically wrong. | * the Plural 2nd person comes with some caveats. It does not indicate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E2%80%93V_distinction T-V distinctions] like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language French]'s ''tu'' and ''vous'' do. It also carries the nuance that the other person not being addressed (the ''noo'') is absent or not present to the discourse; however, if it is needed for absolute clarity, the 3rd person may be present, but this usage is seen as odd at best and typically wrong. | ||
====Possesion==== | ====Possesion==== | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_%28linguistics%29 Possession] is shown by directly preposing pronouns before the possessum. For Example: | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_%28linguistics%29 Possession] is shown by directly preposing pronouns before the possessum. For Example: |