Re: interesting pronouns

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From: "Robert B Wilson" <han_solo55@...>

> i was just thinking about pronouns today and i thought of something
> really interesting that i could use in kinsi rorotan...
> endas = first person singular (I)
> nadas = second person singular (thou)
> dadas = third person singular (he, she, it)
> narad = ???
>
> "naran", the plural of "narad" is sort of an "inclusive" first person
> plural pronoun (like quenya... "endan" is the "exclusive"), but i'm not
> sure what to call the singular form. i'll leave it to you to guess when a
> pronoun like this would be used... do any other languages have a pronoun
> like this?
An inclusive and exclusive "I"?  :)  It could be used to distinguish between
addressing self and addressing others, addressing foes and addressing
friends; addressing family and addressing non-family; relating in a journal
and declaiming before a group...  I'm sure there's an ANADEWISM here.

Sally Caves
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