From ad8e8f2fb8e8add4755ce75bc7df81b4b7f9cc8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ngô Ngọc Đức Huy Date: Sat, 1 May 2021 22:22:04 +0700 Subject: Redesign indefinite pronouns --- src/haasdaiga/pos/pronoun.md | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/haasdaiga/pos/pronoun.md b/src/haasdaiga/pos/pronoun.md index d714bb6..5336e15 100644 --- a/src/haasdaiga/pos/pronoun.md +++ b/src/haasdaiga/pos/pronoun.md @@ -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.* -- cgit 1.4.1