Pronoun Paradigm: Adang: clean
Paradigm Details:
Label: clean
Family:
System Type: None
Source: Haan (2001).
Comment: Owen's cleaned up version. The pronominal prefixes mark inalienable possession (Haan 2001: 38) and the objects of some verbs. Other verbs use the accusative free pronouns (with -ri) for their objects (ibid.: 46). As for the free pronouns that mark (alienable) possession, "[s]emantically, both types of genitive pronouns express possession. The difference, however, is that a genitive pronoun marked e, while expressing possession, also expresses emphasis or contrast. I shall call it a ‘contrastive’ genitive pronoun. A genitive pronoun marked ɔ does not express emphasis or contrast. Therefore I call it a ‘non-contrastive’ genitive pronoun." (ibid.: 163).
Pronoun Paradigm:
| A | S | O | Poss. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (excl) Person Singular | na | na | nari | nɔ |
| 1st (excl) Person Dual | ni | ni | iri | ni |
| 1st (excl) Person Plural | ni | ni | iri | ni |
| 1st (incl) Person Dual | pi | pi | tari | tɔ |
| 1st (incl) Person Plural | pi | pi | tari | tɔ |
| 2nd Person Singular | a | a | ari | ɔ |
| 2nd Person Dual | i | i | iri | i |
| 2nd Person Plural | i | i | iri | i |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 1 | sa | sa | sari | sɔ |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 2 | sa | sa | sari | sɔ |
| 3rd Person Dual | supi | supi | sari | sɔ |
| 3rd Person Plural | supi | supi | sari | sɔ |