Pronoun Paradigm: Kawaiisu
Paradigm Details:
Family:
System Type: F
Source: Zigmond et al. (1990).
Comment: No third person personal pronouns exist in the language, rather a set of demonstrative pronouns serves this function (Zigmond et al. 1990:44). In place of third person forms, definite proximate animate demonstratives are listed below, see Zigmond et al. (1990:46) for description of the complete set of demonstrative pronouns.
Pronoun Paradigm:
| A | S | O | Poss. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (excl) Person Singular | nɨʔɨ | nɨʔɨ | nɨʔɨja | =ni |
| 1st (excl) Person Dual | tami | tami | tamia | =rami |
| 1st (excl) Person Plural | nɨmi | nɨmi | nɨmia | =nɨmi |
| 1st (incl) Person Dual | tami | tami | tamia | =rami |
| 1st (incl) Person Plural | tawa | tawa | tawaja | =rawa |
| 2nd Person Singular | ʔimi | ʔimi | ʔimia | =mi |
| 2nd Person Dual | mumi | mumi | mumia | =umi |
| 2nd Person Plural | mumi | mumi | mumia | =umi |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 1 | siʔina | siʔina | siʔinaja | =ina |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 2 | siʔina | siʔina | siʔinaja | =ina |
| 3rd Person Dual | siʔimɨ | siʔimɨ | siʔimɨa | =amɨ |
| 3rd Person Plural | siʔimɨ | siʔimɨ | siʔimɨa | =amɨ |