From: Surinna Curtis-Quintana Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:27:03 +0000 (-0300) Subject: Midekh personal pronouns X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/Wiki/commitdiff_plain/47b9e4de3b9b3518d3f7f7d21ff3d68f563a710e Midekh personal pronouns --- diff --git a/Sources/Page/Languages/Midekh.djot b/Sources/Page/Languages/Midekh.djot index f92bf48..b04d864 100644 --- a/Sources/Page/Languages/Midekh.djot +++ b/Sources/Page/Languages/Midekh.djot @@ -125,7 +125,36 @@ The cases present in the language were: ### Pronouns -TKTK personal pronouns +There are ten personal pronouns: a singular and a plural pronoun for +each of the first and second persons, and three singular and three +plural third-person pronouns, distinguished by gender. +Each pronoun has forms for the different cases, although only the +second person pronouns have vocative forms. + +The first and second person pronouns seem to be related to the verbal +agreement affixes. +The third-person masculine and feminine pronouns appear to derive from +the verbal participle adjective "fomódkʰo" (meaning 'sapient' or +'capable of language', active participle of the 5th form verb of the +root m-d-kʰ), while the neuter pronouns derive from the verbal +participle adjectives "moróŋpo" and "moroŋóp" (respectively meaning +"arriving, nearby" or "leaving, distant"; passive and active +participles of the 6th-form verb of the root r-ŋ-p). + +The forms of the personal pronouns are given in the table below: + +| usage | nom. | acc. | voc. | dat. | prep. | +|----------|---------|----------|---------|---------|---------| +| 1p.sg. | kʰn | kʰē | | kʰī | kʰo | +| 1p.pl. | kʰīné | kʰēné | | kʰon | kʰenó | +| 2p.sg. | tn | tē | tʰō | tī | to | +| 2p.pl. | tīné | tēné | tʰŋ | ton | tenó | +| 3p.sg.m. | fomótʰ | defmótʰ | | tifmótʰ | tefmotʰ | +| 3p.sg.f. | gifmóg | kefmóg | | gofmóg | kimóg | +| 3p.sg.n. | pmróŋ | pomróŋ | | bmróŋ | bomróŋ | +| 3p.pl.m. | fomotʰí | defmtʰí | | tifmtʰí | tefmtʰí | +| 3p.pl.f. | gifmgí | kefmgí | | gofmgí | kifmgí | +| 3p.pl.n. | pmmrŋóp | pomrŋóp | | bmrŋóp | bomrŋóp | TKTK demonstratives?