Seuna 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 myua means we(inc.).
The above also stand for object pronouns, so we have ;-
me | mi | us | mia/myu/myua |
you | yu | you(pl.) | yua |
him/her | na | them | wa |
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. This pronoun can not be used as a subject. However miswe means "me myself"(emphasising not somebody else) and can be a subject. In the same way we have miaswe myuswe myuaswe yuswe yuaswe naswe waswe.
The pronouns take all the cases suffixes that normal nouns take (except the "-s" of the object case).
Below the pronouns in the genitive case are given.
my/mine | min | our/ours(exc.) | mian/myun/myuan |
your/yours | yun | your/yours(pl.) | yuan |
his/her/hers | nan | their/theirs | wan |
my own/your own/etc. etc. | swen |
As with regular adjectives, the genitive pronouns come after the nouns they qualify.
hendori kaunu swen.
hend | -o | -r | -i | kaunu | swen |
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 a previously mentioned third person.
hendori kaunu nan.
hend | -o | -r | -i | kaunu | nan |
put on | -3s | -ACT | -PAST | coat | "his" |
'He put on his (someone else's) coat.'
Index
- Introduction to Seuna
- Seuna : Chapter 1
- Seuna word shape
- The script of Seuna
- Seuna sentence structure
- Seuna pronouns
- Seuna nouns
- Seuna verbs (1)
- Seuna adjectives
- Seuna demonstratives
- Seuna verbs (2)
- Asking a question in Seuna
- Seuna relative clauses
- Seuna verbs (3)
- Methods for deriving words in Seuna
- List of all Seuna derivational affixes
- Numbers in Seuna
- Naming people in Seuna
- The Seuna calendar
- Seuna units