new language Beta: Pronouns and Determiners

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Last Edited: 2006.Apr.02 Sun

Pronouns and Determiners

Personal Pronouns

The exact use for these (topic, focus) hasn't been determined yet.

	Sing.	Plur.	Dual
1X	ta	tai	tairo
2X	ha	hai	hairo
2N		lai	lairo
3A	ka	kai	kairo
3I	ma	mai	mairo
3L	wa

The dual forms are limited to matched pairs (inanimate) or couples (the others).

Demonstratives

Each of these corresponds to a personal pronoun and actant set. The stems are:

1X	tú
2X	hú
2N	lú
	yú
3X	kú
	pós

The stem forms occur when used before the noun (as determiners); otherwise, agreement suffixes are added. The suffix -se is added to the stem forms when they're used as verbs.

There's also a distal demonstrative, which isn't associated with a personal pronoun or actant set.

Interrogative Pronouns

These are based on a root *pr.

Sing.	Plur.	Gender
pra	prai	Subject
prók	próci	Animate
próm	prómi	Inanimate
prú		Location
próhto	próhti ?	Time
próz		Information
próse		Copular
próp		ProVerb

Relative Pronouns

These are based on a root *du.

Sing.	Plur.	Gender
dwa	dwai	Subject
duk	duci	Animate
dum	dumi	Inanimate
dú		Location
duhto	duhti	Time
dúse		Copular
dup		ProVerb

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