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Toaq has relatively many '''pronouns'''. It makes distinctions that English does not: | Toaq has relatively many '''pronouns'''. It makes distinctions that English does not: | ||
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* '''Clusivity''': there are many words for “we” depending on who exactly is included. | * '''Clusivity''': there are many words for “we” depending on who exactly is included. | ||
* '''Exophora vs. anaphora''': there are different pronouns for “things or people external to the text” ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exophora exophora]) | * '''Exophora vs. anaphora''': there are different pronouns for “things or people external to the text” ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exophora exophora]) vs. “references to earlier phrases” ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaphora_(linguistics) anaphora]). | ||
* '''[[Animacy]]''': there different pronouns | * '''[[Animacy]]''': there are different third-person pronouns for animals vs. objects vs. ideas. There are 4 different anaphoric pronouns for different types of grammatical constructs. | ||
<div style=display:inline-table> | <div style=display:inline-table> | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+ Exophoric pronouns | |+ Exophoric pronouns | ||
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! Pronoun !! Meaning | ! Pronoun !! Meaning | ||
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| {{t|jí}} || I, me | | {{t|jí}} || I, me | ||
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| {{t|súq}} || you | | {{t|súq}} || you (singular) | ||
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| {{t|súna}} || you (plural) | |||
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| {{t|súho}} || you (you and they) | |||
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| {{t|nháo}} || he, she, they | | {{t|nháo}} || he, she, they (singular) | ||
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| {{t| | | {{t|nhána}} || they (animate plural) | ||
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| {{t| | | {{t|kóm}}* || it (inanimate) | ||
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| {{t| | | {{t|ré}}* || it (abstract) | ||
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| {{t| | | {{t|úmo}} || we (you and I) | ||
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| {{t| | | {{t|íme}} || we (they and I) | ||
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| {{t| | | {{t|áma}} || we (you, they, and I) | ||
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| {{t|há}} || one (people in general) | |||
|} | |} | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
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| {{t|tá}} || it (latest [[Animacy|adjective-like]] DP) | | {{t|tá}} || it (latest [[Animacy|adjective-like]] DP) | ||
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| {{t|áq}} || itself/himself/herself/themselves (clause subject) | | {{t|áq}} || itself/himself/herself/themselves (clause subject) | ||
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</div> | </div> | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* All living animals have the pronoun {{t|nháo}} in Toaq, not just humans. | * All living animals have the pronoun {{t|nháo}} in Toaq, not just humans. | ||
* The subject (first argument) of a clause only | * The subject (first argument) of a clause binds only the anaphoric pronoun {{t|áq}}, so you cannot use {{t|hó, máq, hóq…}} to refer to it. | ||
* For each pronoun, there's a verb crated by affixing {{t|-bo}} to it that means “___ is (that pronoun)'s”. | * For each pronoun, there's a verb crated by affixing {{t|-bo}} to it that means “___ is (that pronoun)'s”. | ||
** For example, {{t|suqbo}} means “yours” and {{t|tabo}} means “its” (belonging to the referent of {{t|tá}}). | ** For example, {{t|suqbo}} means “yours” and {{t|tabo}} means “its” (belonging to the referent of {{t|tá}}). | ||