Difference between revisions of "Akachenti Person"

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| first incl. || speaker and generic referent || ae || é || e || emene, ementer
 
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| first incl.|| speaker and referent || ae || é || e || emene, ementer
 
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| second || associated proximate, animate addressee || ae || é || e || emene, ementer
 
| second || associated proximate, animate addressee || ae || é || e || emene, ementer
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| second || speaker and referent || ae || é || e || emene, ementer
 
 
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| second || addressee (+/- referent) || o || ó || u || usha, ushar
 
| second || addressee (+/- referent) || o || ó || u || usha, ushar

Revision as of 13:46, 8 August 2017

Summary

Akachenti appears to have an underlying system of four persons:

gloss person singular plural
1-EXCL first person exclusive I you and I
1-INCL first person inclusive of us, I we
2 second person you you
3 third person he, she, it they

In practice, person is at the heart of the agreement system and can be quite complex.

Person Markers

person description nom. marker acc. marker dat. marker pronoun
first excl. speaker a á e
second proximate, animate addressee a á e
first incl. speaker and addressee ae é e emene, ementer
first incl. speaker and generic referent ae é e emene, ementer
first incl. speaker and referent ae é e emene, ementer
second associated proximate, animate addressee ae é e emene, ementer
second addressee (+/- referent) o ó u usha, ushar
second proximate, animate referent o ó u usha, ushar
third obviate, inanimate, or generic referent i í i ih