Wamesa/Grammar

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

• There are three numbers in the Wamesa number system: singular <sg>, dual, and plural. In other words, there are morphemes indicating one of something, two, and more than two, 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