Gumb-in-angu Inclusive and exclusive can only occur with first Sleep-PAST-you all and person. I They all and I (plural They all and I slept. exclusive) (plural exclusive) Gumbinandang Gumb-in-andang Sleep-PAST-they all and I You two and I You two and I. Background concepts: singular, dual, plural, inclusive and pronouns (inclusive): inclusive) exclusive – pronouns -(a)ngu gulik General: denoting Some Languages have (sometimes called ‘paucal’) three Those two and I Those two and I. (trial pronouns. (exclusive); exclusive) Trial pronouns denote three. -(ny)andang gulik Grammatical: pronouns refer to three people or things. You three: You three: Only a few Languages have records of a form. -(ng/ny)at In the examples, the word is added to the plural gulik gulik form to create a trial form. Those three: Those three: The inclusive/exclusive distinction applies to trial -(ny)aty/(ny)ity gulik pronouns as well. Reciprocal You are talking to Hit: Background concepts: verb, subject, object, dual suffix yourself. Fight: (ie, hit each other) General: – doing Wurrektyerrangarr. You are talking to In English we distinguish reflexive (myself, yourself, something to Wurrek-tyerrang-arr yourself. himself) and reciprocal (each other). each other or talk-RECIP-you There may or may not be the same distinction in the yourself two are hitting each Language you are learning. Those two are hitting other. Grammatical: each other.
Gumb-in-angu Sleep-PAST-you all and I They all and I slept. (plural exclusive) Gumbinandang Gumb-in-andang Sleep-PAST-they all and I They all and I (plural exclusive) Inclusive and exclusive can only occur with first person. pronouns – pronouns denoting three You two and I (inclusive): -(a)ngu gulik Those two and I (exclusive); -(ny)andang gulik You three: -(ng/ny)at gulik Those three: -(ny)aty/(ny)ity gulik You two and I. inclusive) Those two and I. (trial exclusive) You three: Those three: Background concepts: singular, dual, plural, inclusive and exclusive General: Some Languages have (sometimes called ‘paucal’) pronouns. Trial pronouns denote three. Grammatical: pronouns refer to three people or things. Only a few Languages have records of a form. In the examples, the word gulik is added to the plural form to create a trial form. The inclusive/exclusive distinction applies to trial pronouns as well. Reciprocal suffix – doing something to each other or yourself You are talking to yourself. Wurrektyerrangarr. Wurrek-tyerrang-arr talk-RECIP-you Those two are hitting each other. Hit: Fight: (ie, hit each other) You are talking to yourself. two are hitting each other. Background concepts: verb, subject, object, dual General: In English we distinguish reflexive (myself, yourself, himself) and reciprocal (each other). There may or may not be the same distinction in the Language you are learning. Grammatical:
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