Proximate
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‘This, He’
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Direct(mas.)
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y
|
ye
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(fem.)
|
ya |
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Oblique |
Is |
Innã |
|
Remote
|
‘He, That’
|
Direct (mas.)
|
wo |
we |
|
(fem.) |
wa |
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Oblique
|
Us
|
Unnã
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Relative Pronoun
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‘Who’
|
Direct
|
jo |
jo |
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Oblique
|
jIs
|
jInnã
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Interrogative Pronoun
|
‘Who’(human)
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|
|
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Direct
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ku¸
|
ku¸
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Oblique
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kIs
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kInnã
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‘What’
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(nonhuman)
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|
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Direct
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ke |
ke |
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Oblique
|
kã
|
kInnã
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Examples showing the use of the above pronouns.
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y
|
ku
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Who
|
is
|
he ?
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
|
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
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ya
|
ku
|
|
Who
|
is
|
she?
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
ye
|
It
|
r
|
|
‘They
|
live
|
here ?’
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
3-4 |
2 |
|
|
Is
|
n €
|
y
|
km
|
kIyo
|
‘He/she
|
did
|
this
|
work’
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1-2 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
Innã
|
n€
|
y
|
km
|
kIyo
|
‘They
|
(ag.)
|
did
|
this
|
work’
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1-2 |
|
5 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
wo
|
kr
|
geyo
|
‘He
|
went
|
home’
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
wa |
kr |
gi
|
‘She
|
went
|
home’
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
we
|
kr
|
geya
|
‘They
|
(mas.)
|
went
|
home’
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
3 |
2 |
|
|
we
|
kr
|
gĩ
|
‘They
|
(fem.)
|
went
|
home’
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
3 |
2 |
|
|
Us
|
na
|
blao
|
‘Call
|
him’
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
3 |
1-2 |
|
Unnã |
na |
blao |
'Call |
them' |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1-2 |
|
|
jo
|
jo
|
ayo
|
|
bo
|
karigo
|
|
‘The
|
person
|
who
|
has
|
come
|
is
|
very
|
nice
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
3-4 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
m
|
jo
|
kéyo
|
tho
|
wo
|
sc
|
tho
|
‘What
|
I
|
had
|
said
|
that
|
was
|
true’
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
|
|
m
|
jIs
|
gera
|
na |
blayo
|
‘The
|
boy
|
whom
|
I
|
had
|
called
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
3-4 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
|
|
tho
|
wo
|
y
|
|
(he)
|
is
|
this
|
one’
|
6
|
7 |
8 |
9 |
7 |
9 |
8 |
|
|
|
jInnã
|
gerã
|
n€
|
km
|
‘The
|
boys
|
who
|
worked
|
(they)
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
3-4 |
1 |
4-5 |
6 |
|
|
kIyo
|
we
|
pas
|
ho
|
geya
|
got
|
through’
|
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9
|
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7-8-9 |
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