Re: Interesting Pronouns.

Bjorn Kristinsson wrote:
> [1] not sure about what term is used for those, what I mean is that the
> 'dual' pronoun is used when two people/objects are the subjects of the
> pronoun, the plural being for three or more people/objects. Just to avoid
> any misunderstanding :)
Yes, dual is the standard term for two.

Uatakassí pronouns have free forms and clitic forms.  First and second
person clitics have nominative, accusative, and genitive forms.  Third
person clitics have nominative, ergative, accusative, and genitive
forms.  Nominative/ergative clitics follow the verb form, accusative
clitics precede, and genitive clitics follow the root for inherent
possession (body parts, family relations, etc.) and follow the noun
phrase for non-inherent possession (e.g., mother-my-gen old-gen = "Of my
old mother"; house-gen old-gen-my = "Of my old house").  Genitive
clitics are sometimes copied onto adjectives as well, thus mother-my-gen
old-my-gen = "of my old mother".

First person has singular, dual-inclusive, paucal, and plural.  Dual is
used strictly for inclusive dual.  Paucal is used for small groups
larger than 3 OR two excluding the addressee.  Plural is used for larger
groups.
Second and third person have singular, dual, and plural.
Free pronouns for first and second person are formed historically from
the CK word _tárë_ (soul) plus genitive clitics.  Third person pronouns
are the word _ísna_ with appropriate affixes.  The origin of _ísna_ is
not clear.
Free Pronouns:
1st Person Singular: Tálua
1st Person Dual: Táisua
1st Person Paucal: Tálma
1st Person Plural: Táfpa
2nd Person Singular: Táilua
2nd Person Dual: Táiba
2nd Person Plural: Táfma
3rd Person Gender 1 Singular: Tísna (T(i)- = Gender 1 Singular)
3rd Person Gender 1 Plural: Tlísnai (Ti*-/Tl- = Gender 1 Plural; -i =
plural)
etc.

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