Re: Building up a FAQ: Please reply
| From: | Irina Rempt <irina@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 22, 2002, 9:31 |
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On Tuesday 22 January 2002 06:54, you wrote:
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> Here's a thought for some of you building your pronouns: how
> about a
> separate, distinct sense for 'I and you, but not others'? :-]
>
> That would be the 1st person plural inclusive, right?
If you have no dual, or if you mean "y'all" by "you", or if it isn't
relevant how many "you" there are, yes.
Otherwise, it's first person dual inclusive (in Ilaini: inini, with
the stress on the second syllable, the only explicitly inclusive
pronoun the language has got).
Irina
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