Re: Pronouns in Kalon
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 10, 2004, 20:47 |
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Joe wrote:
> ka- Family
> nu - Friend
> ho - Aquaintance
> le - Known of
> na - unknown
> So, the pronoun 'okanuto-u' means 'I'(when adressee is a friend). It is
> possible to reduce this simply to 'okanu'(when no-one else is involved
> from your family). Or, in some cases, merely 'kanu'(Lit. '(a)
> person/people from my family who is/are your friend(s)')
So, wouldn't this mean that first person pronouns would, by default,
*always* have ka-? Wouldn't it make more sense for that morpheme to
relate to the relationship between speaker and addressee. Thus, "I",
when speaking to a friend, would be onutou, to a family member, okatou,
to a stranger onatou, etc.
What about plurals? How would I refer to a group where some are family
members, some friends, and some people you don't know? Pe-?-pie (I'm
guessing that the -e would be used in mixed-gender groups)
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