Re: Combined Pronouns

A lot of the permutations you mention will usually be covered by a simple "we" -
exclusive, inclusive and so on. But I believe Hungarian has a special construct
for situations where the pronoun structure is "I(subj) - you(obj)". Also, some
Amerind langs have different sorts of "him" - i.e., him here, him over there,
etc. My own conlang Omeina has "exalted" forms of both 3nd person, 3rd person
sing and 3rd person plural. Wasn't there a study done once demonstrating the
minimum number of persons possible (I suppose there's no strictly maximum
number!)
Mike
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Patrick Jarrett 
  To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 2:31 AM
  Subject: Combined Pronouns


 I was driving and an idea came to me, Durana has I, you, he/she/it, we, they.
But what if... they had pronouns for pairs of groups. Like I and you (me and
you), I and he (me and him), I and they (me and them), and then we go to You
and him, you and her, you and them, you and us. But having that many pronouns
would be convoluted, so I am thinking of limiting it to the following...

  I and you
  He and I
  she and I
  Them and me
  You and them

  Anyone know a language, con or true, that has a system like this?

  Patrick

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