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==Wamesa Grammar== | ==Wamesa Grammar== | ||
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| + | ====Inclusivity==== | ||
| + | * Inclusivity in Wamesa affects 1du and 1pl, and indicates whether the listener is included in the narrator's group. | ||
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'''''Number indicates how many there are of something.''''' | '''''Number indicates how many there are of something.''''' | ||
* There are three numbers in the Wamesa number system: singular, dual, and plural. In other words, there are morphemes indicating one of something, two, and more than two, as follows: | * There are three numbers in the Wamesa number system: singular, dual, and plural. In other words, there are morphemes indicating one of something, two, and more than two, as follows: | ||
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| − | + | 1 p. sg. :: jau; : i-, j- | |
| − | + | 2 p. sg. :: au; : bu-, -u- | |
| − | + | 3 p. sg. :: i; : di-, -i- | |
| − | + | 1 p. du. in. :: nan(d)u; : tu(n)- | |
| + | 1 p. du. ex. :: amu(n); : amu(n)- | ||
| + | 2 p. du. :: man(d)u; : mu(n)- | ||
| + | 3 p. du. :: san(d)u; : su(n)- | ||
| + | 1 p. pl. in. :: tata(t); : ta(n)- | ||
| + | 1 p. pl. ex. :: ama(t); : ama(n)- | ||
| + | 2 p. pl. :: mia(t); : me(n)- | ||
| + | 3 p. pl. hum. :: sia(t); : se{n)- | ||
| + | 3 p. pl. non-hum. :: si; : si | ||
Revision as of 16:47, 7 February 2017
Wamesa Grammar
Wamesa Pronouns
Inclusivity
- Inclusivity in Wamesa affects 1du and 1pl, and indicates whether the listener is included in the narrator's group.
Number
Number indicates how many there are of something.
- There are three numbers in the Wamesa number system: singular, dual, and plural. In other words, there are morphemes indicating one of something, two, and more than two, as follows:
1 p. sg. :: jau; : i-, j- 2 p. sg. :: au; : bu-, -u- 3 p. sg. :: i; : di-, -i- 1 p. du. in. :: nan(d)u; : tu(n)- 1 p. du. ex. :: amu(n); : amu(n)- 2 p. du. :: man(d)u; : mu(n)- 3 p. du. :: san(d)u; : su(n)- 1 p. pl. in. :: tata(t); : ta(n)- 1 p. pl. ex. :: ama(t); : ama(n)- 2 p. pl. :: mia(t); : me(n)- 3 p. pl. hum. :: sia(t); : se{n)- 3 p. pl. non-hum. :: si; : si
