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|+ ''pis, pil'' "who, what" | |+ ''pis, pil'' "who, what" | ||
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! rowspan=2 | !! colspan=3 | Singular !! colspan=3 | Plural | |||
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! Masculine !! Neuter !! Feminine !! Masculine !! Neuter !! Feminine | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Nominative | ! Nominative | ||
| '''pis'''<br/><small>''who?''</small> || ''pil''<br/><small>''what?''</small> | | '''pis'''<br/><small>''who?''</small> || ''pil''<br/><small>''what?''</small> || ''pá'' || ''peys'' || ''pá'' || ''pás'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Genitive | ! Genitive | ||
| colspan= | | colspan=3 | pesy || colspan=3 | pám | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Dative | ! Dative | ||
| colspan= | | colspan=3 | pesyém || colspan=3 | pábi | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Accusative | ! Accusative | ||
| pim || pil | | pim || pil || pam || pás || pá || pás | ||
|} | |} | ||
The feminine singular and plural forms are generally used in indirect questions only instead of the interrogative adjective ''piyos'', see for example: | |||
* ''Mé memana, sya ''pábi'' tásam dánestélám lesit esyim.'' "I don't remember which ones among the professors I have spoken with." | |||
The interrogative adjective ''piyos'' "which?" has a different declension, which has similarities to the one of the article in the singular nominative, and with nominal ones in other forms: | The interrogative adjective ''piyos'' "which?" has a different declension, which has similarities to the one of the article in the singular nominative, and with nominal ones in other forms: |
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