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Breif explanation of pronouns and articles
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Bî Accusative pronouns (nominative pronouns are identical) follow a simple pattern:
First letter: first/second/third person
-First person: m
-Second person: s
-Third person: l
Second letter: gender/plurality
-Male: -r
-Female: -a
-Animate: -i
-Animate Plural: -y
-Inanimate: -u
-Inanimate Plural: -o
-Ambiguous/indefinite plurality (“one”, etc.): -e
Possessive pronouns are simply a subjective with a “j” added to the end.
Imperative: sù/sö/mö
Demonstrative:
That/Those: qé
This/These: qö
Interrogative:
Who: jin
What: ji
When: jint
Where: jag
Why: jîs
Which: jun
How: ju
How much/how many: jef
How often: jö
[No English equivalent, used for yes/no questions]: jé
Reciprocal: basy / baso
Relative:
That: ,(pause)
Which: gun
Who: gin
Whose: ginj
Where: gag
When: gint
Indefinite:
everything/everyone: one/yne
anything/anyone: ne/ny
something/someone: une
nothing/nobody: [not] ne/ny
“They didn’t like each other. They didn’t like anyone.” -> Ly n’imśy pe basy. Ly n’imśy pe ny.
“Who is that?” -> J’îbrin-qé?
“Who are they?” -> J’îbrin-ly qé?
“Is someone there?” -> J’îbré-une lîé?
“Nobody likes this” -> N’imśy pe qö.
“You need to learn to love yourself” -> S’esuni îqnîl in si
“Why don’t we tell everyone?” -> Jîs n’édîty-my yne?
“Tell nobody / Don’t tell anyone” -> N’édît ny
Articles
Definite: lr/la/li/ly/lu/lo/(le)
Indefinite: qr/qa/qi/qy/qu/qo/(qe)
General: le
Partitive: qe
Articles go after the noun they’re attached to. The singular indefinite article is implied for countable nouns, and the ambiguous indefinite (partitive) is implied for uncountable nouns (“some”). A number (for countable nouns) or quantity (for uncountable nouns) may replace an article as well.
“The chair” -> Krar lu
“A chair” -> Krar / krar qu
“[some] water” -> Adquî
“water [in general]” -> Adquî le
“Two gallons of water” -> Adquî du gàlan
“A gallon of water” -> Adquî gàlan
“Chairs [in general] are good” -> Krar l’îbre gînuas.
“I am an honest pony” -> M’îbra sevalina önas.
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