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===Interrogatives, Demonstratives & Indefinites=== | |||
An interrelated series of interrogative, demonstrative and indefinite words (pronouns, adjectives and adverbs) are formed with prefixes + gender/number affixes + roots denoting place, manner, time etc. | |||
The prefixes are: | |||
* ''f-'' for interrogative words | |||
* ''q-, qr-'' and ''p-'' for demonstrative words (distributed in the same way as determiners | |||
* ''m-'' for indefinites | |||
The roots are: | |||
* ''-ne'' for people and things | |||
* ''-le'' for place | |||
* ''-ntap'' for time | |||
* ''-qim'' for manner | |||
* ''-ku'' for reason | |||
* ''-man'' for quantity | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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! !! style="width: 120px" | Interrogative <br> ''f-'' || style="width: 120px" | Distal <br> ''q-'' || style="width: 120px" | Abstract <br> ''qr-'' ||style="width: 120px" | Proximal <br> ''p-'' || style="width: 120px" | Indefinite <br> ''m-'' | |||
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! Person (m.) | |||
| ''fene'' "who" || ''qene'' "that one" || ''qrene'' "that one" || ''pene'' "this one" || ''mene'' "someone" | |||
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! Person/Thing (o.) | |||
| ''fane'' "who, what" || ''qane'' "that one" || ''qrane'' "that one" || ''pane'' "this one" || ''mane'' "someone, something" | |||
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! Place | |||
| ''fale'' "where" || ''qale'' "there" || ''qrale'' "over there" || ''pale'' "here" || ''male'' "somewhere" | |||
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! Time | |||
| ''fantap'' "when" || ''qantap'' "then" || ''qrantap'' "then" || ''pantap'' "now" || ''mantap'' "sometime" | |||
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! Manner | |||
| ''faqim'' "how" || ''qaqim'' "in that way'' || ''qraqim'' "in that way" || ''paqim'' "in this way" || ''maqim'' "somehow" | |||
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! Reason | |||
| ''faku'' "why" || ''qaku'' "because" || ''qraku'' "because" || ''paku'' "because" || ''maku'' "for some reason" | |||
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! Quantity | |||
| ''faman'' "how much, how many" || ''qaman'' "that many" || ''qraman'' "that many" || ''paman'' "this many" || ''maman'' "a certain number" | |||
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