Qino: Difference between revisions

*''-itaana (m.)'': verb-derived nouns - e.g. ''cabbitaana'' "drink; juice"

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|+ Qino independent personal pronouns

*The reflexive, reciprocal, and imperonal object pronouns can be used as postpositional objects.

Demonstratives are used to specify something. They can occur as an article before a noun or can be used independently. There are three demonstratives: the definite, proximate, and distal demonstratives. The definite article is unaccented, while the others are accented if they occur at the beginning of a noun phrase.

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The indefinite pronoun ''mitta'' is used to refer to something that is indefinite. It can be translated as "one". It is equivalent to the numeral one - e.g. ''case mitta'' "a red one"; ''mit nama'' "one person"

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Adverbial pronouns indicate how an action is performed or in what state something is. They are also used to form comparisons.

:e.g. ''Atú <b>soona</b>'' "You are '''like that'''"; ''<b>Sinas</b> ardi'' "Run '''like this'''"

All of these decline regularly unless otherwise indicated (or unless they contain an irregular component such as ''mitta''). Some particularly important case forms are specified.

*''maxa'': what - e.g. ''<b>Maxa</b> tarkaa?'' "'''What''' do you see?"

*''ma si'': like what; how (condition) - e.g. ''<b>Ma si</b> atí?'' "'''How''' are you (''f.'')?"

*''ma sis'' (instrument of ''ma si''): in what way - e.g. ''<b>Ma sis</b> tana daqaa?'' "'''How''' do I wash this?"

===Verbs===