Seuna pronouns

the eight pronouns

I	mi	we(exc.)	mia
you	yu	you(pl.)	yua
he/she	na	they	wa

There is also two more pronouns. myu means we (inclusive dual). In other words "me and you". Also myun means we (inclusive plural).

The above also stand for object pronouns, so we have ;-

me	mi	us	mia/myu/myun
you	yu	you(pl.)	yua
him/her	na	them	wa

the reflexive pronoun

There is also the reflexive pronoun

swe.

This pronoun is a bit unusual. Usually in Seuna the object comes after the verb. However swe always comes immediately before the verb. In fact it is frontfixed to the verb.

This pronoun can never be used as a subject. However mizwe means "me myself"(emphasising not somebody else) and can be a subject. In the same way we have miazwe myuzwe myuazwe yuzwe yuazwe nazwe wazwe.

pronouns and role tags

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

Below the pronouns in the genitive case are given.

my/mine	mige	our/ours(exc.)	miage/myuge/myuage
your/yours	yuge	your/yours(pl.)	yuage
his/her/hers	nage	their/theirs	wage

my own/your own/etc. etc.

swege

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

hendori kaunu swege.

hend	-o	-r	-i	kaunu	swege
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 swewa = he\she likes talking about himself/herself

sukoro swecata = he\she likes to talk to himself/herself

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