Pronoun Paradigm: Eipo
Paradigm Details:
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System Type: None
Source: Heeschen (1998).
Comment: "Dual number is either expressed by adding betinye "two" to the plural number personal pronouns (...) or by co-ordinating one of the singular pronouns with the dual tense suffixes." (Heeschen 1998: 148). "The free personal pronouns rarely occur as object pronouns. (...) First of all, they co-occur with, and are replaced by, the set of object pronouns, which are non-final suffixes of the verb, and secondly, they are condensed structures, which onlly make sense if the proper object pronouns alon or the co-occurrence of the free pronouns and the proper object pronouns have established unequivocal reference." (Heeschen 1998: 152).
Pronoun Paradigm:
| A | S | O | Poss. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (excl) Person Singular | na | na | na , -ne- | na |
| 1st (excl) Person Dual | na , nun betiɲe | na , nun betiɲe | na , nun betiɲe , -se- | na , nun betiɲe |
| 1st (excl) Person Plural | nun | nun | nun , -se- | nun |
| 1st (incl) Person Dual | na , nun betiɲe | na , nun betiɲe | na , nun betiɲe , -se- | na , nun betiɲe |
| 1st (incl) Person Plural | nun | nun | nun , -se- | nun |
| 2nd Person Singular | an | an | an , -ke- | an |
| 2nd Person Dual | an , aŋun betiɲe | an , aŋun betiɲe | an , aŋun betiɲe , -se- | an , aŋun betiɲe |
| 2nd Person Plural | aŋun | aŋun | aŋun , -se- | aŋun |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 1 | el | el | el | el |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 2 | el | el | el | el |
| 3rd Person Dual | el , sik betiɲe | el , sik betiɲe | el , sik betiɲe | el , sik betiɲe |
| 3rd Person Plural | sik | sik | sik | sik |