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== the ten pronouns ==
{| border=1
{| border=1
  |align=center|   I
|align=center|I, me
  |align=center| '''mi'''
|align=center|'''mi'''
  |align=center| we(exc.)
|align=center|we, us
  |align=center| '''mia'''
|align=center|'''mia'''
  |-
|-
  |align=center| you
|align=center|you
  |align=center| '''yu'''
|align=center|'''yu'''
  |align=center| you(pl.)
|align=center|you(pl)
  |align=center| '''yua'''
|align=center|'''yua'''
  |-
|-
  |align=center| he/she  
|align=center|he/she, him/her
  |align=center| '''na'''
|align=center|'''na'''
  |align=center| they
|align=center|they them
  |align=center| '''wa'''
|align=center|'''wa'''
    |}
|-
|align=center|it
|align=center|'''to'''
|align=center|they
|align=center|'''ton'''
|-
|align=center|you and me
|align=center|'''myu'''
|align=center|we
|align=center|'''myun'''
|}


There is also two more pronouns. '''myu''' means we(inclusive dual). In other words "me and you".
'''to''' and '''ton''' is for the category non-human. The ONLY exception to this is in folk tales where certain animals are given the power of speach. Then these animals can use the eight human pronouns.
Also '''myua''' means we(inc.) and '''swe''' is the reflexive pronoun.


The above also stand for object pronouns, so we have ;-
'''myu''' is a dual number pronoun meaning "me and you".
'''myun''' is the first person inclusive plural pronoun.
It means "me and you and somebody else" or "me and you and other people"
That "somebody else"/"other people" could be from the me-group the you-group or from elsewhere.


{| border=1
'''to''' is often not used in SEUNA where we would use "it" in English. For example, if you were asked "where did you buy that magazine", you would reply "I bought in station news-stand" instead of "I bought it in the station news-stand"
  |align=center|  me
  |align=center| '''mi'''
  |align=center| us
  |align=center| '''mia/myu/myua'''
  |-
  |align=center|  you
  |align=center| '''yu'''
  |align=center| you(pl.)
  |align=center| '''yua'''
  |-
  |align=center| him/her
  |align=center| '''na'''
  |align=center| them
  |align=center| '''wa'''
    |}


{| border=1
== the reflexive particle ==
  |align=center|myself/ourselves/yourself/yourselves/herself/himself/theirselves 
  |align=center|    '''swe'''
    |}


The pronouns take all the cases suffixes that normal nouns take (except the "-s" of the object case).
There is also the reflexive pronoun '''te'''


Below the pronouns in the genitive case are given.
This pronoun can never be used as a subject. However the following compounds can be.


{| border=1
{| border=1
  |align=center|   my/mine
|align=center|I myself
  |align=center| '''min'''
|align=center|'''temi'''
  |align=center| our/ours(exc.)
|align=center|we ourselves
  |align=center| '''mian/myun/myuan'''
|align=center|'''temia'''
  |-
|-
  |align=center| your/yours
|align=center|you yourself
  |align=center| '''yun'''
|align=center|'''teyu'''
  |align=center| your/yours(pl.)
|align=center|you yourself
  |align=center| '''yuan'''
|align=center|'''teyua'''
  |-
|-
  |align=center| his/her/hers
|align=center|he/she him/her/self
  |align=center| '''nan'''
|align=center|'''tena'''
  |align=center| their/theirs
|align=center|they themselves
  |align=center| '''wan'''
|align=center|'''tewa'''
    |}
|-
|align=center|it itself
|align=center|'''teto'''
|align=center|they themselves
|align=center|'''teton'''
|-
|align=center|we ourselves
|align=center|'''temyu'''
|align=center|we ourselves
|align=center|'''temyun'''
|}


{| border=1
== pronouns and role tags ==
  |align=center|  my own/your own/etc. etc.
 
  |align=center| '''swen'''
The pronouns take all the role tags that normal nouns take (except the "-s" tag).
      |}


As with regular adjectives, the genitive pronouns come after the nouns they qualify.
As with regular adjectives, the genitive pronouns come after the nouns they qualify.


'''hendori kaunu swen.'''
'''hendori kaunu swege.'''
{|
{|
| hend || -o || -r || -i || kaunu || swen
| hend || -o || -r || -i || kaunu || tege
|-
|-
| put on || -3s || -ACT || -PAST || coat || "own"
| put on || -3s || -ACT || -PAST || coat || "own"
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'He put on his (own) coat.'
'He put on his (own) coat.'


When the regular third person possessive pronouns are used, they are understood as not being coreferential with a previously mentioned third person.
When the regular third person possessive pronouns are used, they are understood as not being coreferential with the subject.


'''hendori kaunu nan.'''
'''hendori kaunu nage.'''
{|
{|
| hend || -o || -r || -i || kaunu || nan
| hend || -o || -r || -i || kaunu || nage
|-
|-
| put on || -3s || -ACT || -PAST || coat || "his"
| put on || -3s || -ACT || -PAST || coat || "his"
|}
|}
'He put on his (someone else's) coat.'
== other examples ==
'''sukoro cata tewa''' = he likes talking about himself
'''sukoro cata teyo''' = he likes to talk to himself


[[Category:Seuna]]


==Index==
==Index==


{{Seuna index}}
{{Seuna index}}

Latest revision as of 11:50, 25 May 2009

the ten pronouns

I, me mi we, us mia
you yu you(pl) yua
he/she, him/her na they them wa
it to they ton
you and me myu we myun

to and ton is for the category non-human. The ONLY exception to this is in folk tales where certain animals are given the power of speach. Then these animals can use the eight human pronouns.

myu is a dual number pronoun meaning "me and you". myun is the first person inclusive plural pronoun. It means "me and you and somebody else" or "me and you and other people" That "somebody else"/"other people" could be from the me-group the you-group or from elsewhere.

to is often not used in SEUNA where we would use "it" in English. For example, if you were asked "where did you buy that magazine", you would reply "I bought in station news-stand" instead of "I bought it in the station news-stand"

the reflexive particle

There is also the reflexive pronoun te

This pronoun can never be used as a subject. However the following compounds can be.

I myself temi we ourselves temia
you yourself teyu you yourself teyua
he/she him/her/self tena they themselves tewa
it itself teto they themselves teton
we ourselves temyu we ourselves temyun

pronouns and role tags

The pronouns take all the role tags that normal nouns take (except the "-s" tag).

As with regular adjectives, the genitive pronouns come after the nouns they qualify.

hendori kaunu swege.

hend -o -r -i kaunu tege
put on -3s -ACT -PAST coat "own"

'He put on his (own) coat.'

When the regular third person possessive pronouns are used, they are understood as not being coreferential with the subject.

hendori kaunu nage.

hend -o -r -i kaunu nage
put on -3s -ACT -PAST coat "his"

'He put on his (someone else's) coat.'

other examples

sukoro cata tewa = he likes talking about himself

sukoro cata teyo = he likes to talk to himself

Index

  1. Introduction to Seuna
  2. Seuna : Chapter 1
  3. Seuna word shape
  4. The script of Seuna
  5. Seuna sentence structure
  6. Seuna pronouns
  7. Seuna nouns
  8. Seuna verbs (1)
  9. Seuna adjectives
  10. Seuna demonstratives
  11. Seuna verbs (2)
  12. Asking a question in Seuna
  13. Seuna relative clauses
  14. Seuna verbs (3)
  15. Methods for deriving words in Seuna
  16. List of all Seuna derivational affixes
  17. Numbers in Seuna
  18. Naming people in Seuna
  19. The Seuna calendar
  20. Seuna units
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