Pronouns in Akbiekdi.
All pronouns in Akbiekdi end with -se.
Pronouns are made plural by adding -k to the end of the word.
Pronouns are made possessive by adding er- to the beginning of the word.
These are the personal pronouns:
mase I, me
kase you
lase he, she, it, him, her
masek we, us
kasek you, plural
lasek they, them
kase kries mase I love you
lasek junes masek we know them
These are their respective possessives:
ermase my, mine
erkase your, yours
erlase his, her, hers, its
ermasek our, ours
erkasek your, yours
erlasek their, theirs
fero ermase ges kase you are my friend
nifro elase ares lase he follows his cat
These are demonstrative pronouns:
dese this, these
vese that, those
kumo ges dese this is the lake
ferok erlase ges vese those are his friends
These are interrogative pronouns:
nese? what?
nelse? who?
nense? which?
nerse? how?
netse? how many?
nepse? how much?
neise? where?
nekse? when?
napse ges dese? how much is this?
nelse ges dese? who is that?
These are relative pronouns:
Some relative pronouns are formed by adding te- to the interroagtive forms:
tenese that
tenelse who, the one who
tenense whose
tenerse how
teneise there
teineise where
tenekse when
kase ploes mogein tenelse ges mase I am the one who saw you earlier
teneise xises lase he lives there
These are indefinite pronouns:
helise everything
merise everyone
kiise all
madse each
hekruse something
koinse not much, little
utse few
sepse enough
talase not enough
popse such a
ianse all kinds of
nidese someone
ense nothing
olse no one
kise, kise.. either, or...
lise, lise.. neither, nor...
zannase many
devse several
igse both
Practice the following:
ermase naro my room
erlase fero his, her, its friend
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