| 7.9. Pronominal Suffixes |
| 7.9.1. First Person Singular |
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The first singular suffix -an occurs after the present indicative suffix. The suffix -a:n occurs elswhere. After o: it becomes -n.
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nan: ti:hinan |
‘I eat’ |
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nana: ma:hinan |
‘I live’ |
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nana: wa:rinan |
‘I sing’ |
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nana: ki:ki:n |
‘I will do’ |
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nan: mu:ynda:n |
‘I used to bathe’ |
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nana: wa:wo:n |
‘I don’t come’ |
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| 7.9.2. First Person Plural |
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First person plural suffix -om, which occurs after the present indicative suffix. The allomorph o:m occurs elsewhere.
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| After o:, the intial vowel of o:m is lost. |
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pu:hnom |
‘we know’ |
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hatto:m |
‘we went’ |
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punda:ko:m |
‘we will know’ |
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ke:wo:m |
‘we don’t know’ |
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mando:m |
‘we used to live’ |
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tinjimattoro:m |
‘we had eaten’ |
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| 7.9.3 Second Person Singular |
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Second person singular suffix is i:n. The final nasal of this suffix is optionally dropped.
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a i-i:/ak-i:n |
‘you will cook’ |
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itt-i:/itt-i:n |
‘you said’ |
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hanw-i:/hanw-i:n |
‘you don’t go’ |
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tinton-i:/tinton-i:n |
‘your are eating’ |
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injimatton-i:/injimatton-i:n |
‘yor have said’ |
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| 7.9.4. Second Person Plural |
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Second person plural suffix is i:r. The suffix - occurs in the place of -r optionally.
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ti:hin-i:r/ti:hin/i: |
‘you eat’ |
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titt-i:r/titt-i: |
‘you ate’ |
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tinda:k-i:r/tinda:k-i: |
‘you used to eat’ |
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tinw-i:r/tinw-i: |
‘you do not eat’ |
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tintor-i:r/tintor-i: |
‘you are eating’ |
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