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Wamesa Grammar

Wamesa Pronouns

The Wamesa pronouns are as follows:

Person ...........Cardinal Form Prefix (Infix) Form

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

Inclusivity

Inclusivity in Wamesa affects 1du and 1pl, and indicates whether the listener is included in the narrator's group.

Human-ness

In Wamesa, morphemes indicate whether something is a human <hum> or non-human <nhum>. However, this only affects the 3pl forms of a word.

Number

There are three numbers in the Wamesa number system: singular (<sg>), dual (<du>), and plural (<pl>). \\In other words, there are morphemes indicating one of something, two, and more than two, as follows:

Wamesa Articles

Definite Articles

The definite article (<def>) in Wamesa is pai, but can change when interacting with number. Some examples are as follows:

* child<def> ↔ antum-pai

* < > ↔

Indefinite Articles

The indefinite article(<indef>) in Wamesa is pesi. Examples below:

* man<indef> ↔ muan-pesi

* big<indef> ↔ baba-pesi

Though pesi is practically inert, it sometimes changes to irregular forms:

* night<pl><indef> ↔ diru-pesasi

Wamesa Nouns

Number

The Wamesa number system extends past just the pronouns to encompass the nouns as well. Singular, dual, and plural still exist and affect nouns.

babin-pesi-sanu = two women