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authorNgô Ngọc Đức Huy <huyngo@disroot.org>2021-05-01 22:22:04 +0700
committerNgô Ngọc Đức Huy <huyngo@disroot.org>2021-05-01 22:22:04 +0700
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Redesign indefinite pronouns
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@@ -47,24 +47,38 @@ Note: there is also a idiomatic use of reflexive pronouns:
 
 ## Indefinite pronouns
 
-Indefinite pronouns are best organized in a table:
+These are indefinite pronouns in Hàäsdáïga:
 
-|         | | query | proximal | distal | indefinite | collective | relative |
-|---------|-|-------|----------|--------|------------|------------|----------|
-|         | | -an-  | -em-     | -es-   | -im-       | -om-       | -y-      |
-| time | t- | tan-  | tem-     | tes-   | tim-       | tom-       | ty-      |
-| place| f- | fan-  | fem-     | fes-   | fim-       | fom-       | fy-      |
-| manner| z-| zan-  | zem-     | zes-   | zim-       | zom-       | zy-      |
-| possessive | k- | kan- | kem-| kes-   | kim-       | kom-       | ky-      |
-| what, who | s- | san- | sem- | ses-   | sim-       | som-       | sy-      |
-| which | l-| lan- | lem-      | les-   | lim-       | lom-       | ly-      |
-| demonstrative | r-| ran-| rem- | res- | rim-       | rom-       | ry-      |
+- hipsy: somewhen
+- vàtsy: somewhere
+- cotsy: somehow
+- jỳnsy: someone's
+- bansy: someone
 
-TODO: Add explanation
+Construction of other [pro-forms][pro-forms] are totally regular:
 
-Relative pronouns occur as clitics, in the same manner reflexive pronouns do.
+- It is interrogative when its verb is in interrogative mood.
+- Its proximity is determined by a determiner prefix: *ci* (this) *la* (that)
+- So are *any*, *all/every*, *other*, with *zòt*, *rýnj*, *púch*, respectively.
+- Negative forms are formed by negating the "all/every" form. See [Negation].
+- The equivalent relative pronouns is unchanged.
 
-> I-nom-fi-sg know-ind.prs.cnt woman-acc-wa.sg rel-help-ind.pst.prf you-acc-wa-sg  
-> *I know the woman who helped you.*
+[pro-forms]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-form
+
+Examples:
+
+TODO: add glosses
 
-Other pronouns are used in similar way to personal pronouns.
+> *It happened at some point*.
+>
+> *Where is Ember city?*
+>
+> *What is your name?*
+>
+> *Is there anyone here?*
+>
+> *Everyone can do that.*
+>
+> *There must be another person there.*
+>
+> *I know the woman who helped you.*