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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* '''[2]''' denotes the need for a second person (singular) referent. It can be: | * '''[2]''' denotes the need for a second person (singular) referent. It can be: | ||
** '''sāmi''' (gen./poss. '' | ** '''sāmi''' (gen./poss. ''sāmyā''), informal pronoun (dual: ''sanak'', ''ilayā''; plural: ''nami'', ''namyā''); | ||
** ''' | ** '''nami''' (''namyā''), formal pronoun for higher-ranked people (dual: ''nanak'', ''innayā''); | ||
** ''' | ** '''tami''' (''tamyā''), formal pronoun for same-ranked people (dual: ''tanak'', ''ittayā''); | ||
** ''' | ** '''ravi''' (''ravyā''), formal pronoun for lower-ranked people (dual: ''raṇak'', ''irayā''); | ||
** '''yavyāta''' (gen. ''yavyāti'', declines as singular 1h noun) is the plural formal pronoun generally needed in these sentences. '' | ** '''yavyāta''' (gen. ''yavyāti'', declines as singular 1h noun) is the plural formal pronoun generally needed in these sentences. ''nami'' (''namyā'') is commonly used too. | ||
** The given name plus [[Chlouvānem/Morphology#Honorific_titles|the appropriate title]] — usually the preferred option. | ** The given name plus [[Chlouvānem/Morphology#Honorific_titles|the appropriate title]] — usually the preferred option. | ||
* When the second person referent is represented as ''' | * When the second person referent is represented as '''nami*''', the only alternatives are either ''nami'' (as 2SG formal superior) or the given name plus title. | ||
* The '''-ęe''' [-eɦe] forms of languages are adverbs, used in phrases like "I speak…" or "I [can] read/write [in]…" | * The '''-ęe''' [-eɦe] forms of languages are adverbs, used in phrases like "I speak…" or "I [can] read/write [in]…" | ||
* When titles have to be used, the most commonly used formulae ''yamei … lāma'' and ''yamei lila | * When titles have to be used, the most commonly used formulae ''yamei … lāma'' and ''yamei aveṣyotarire lila'' are used as examples. | ||
==Basic phrases== | ==Basic phrases== | ||