Post by dreamingfifi on Sept 20, 2013 12:30:48 GMT -6
Pronouns
A pronoun is a stand in for a noun phrase that was used earlier in a discourse. In Thalassian, if there is only one thing that a pronoun could mean, you can leave it out.
Unlike English, Thalas'sian pronouns don't changed based on their Case.
There are several types of pronoun, and I'll list them all here.
Personal Pronouns
The personal pronouns (except "quan") can be reduced to short, suffix forms. These shorten forms appear only when they follow another word, and only when that word is a verb or verb auxiliary or preposition, and it can be reduced when it's acting as a possessive pronoun attached directly to a noun.
List of Personal Pronoun Suffixes:
Demonstrative Pronouns
These pronouns point in a direction, telling you how near or far something is in relation to the speaker. There are two demonstrative pronouns:
When dealing with things that are equidistant, you can use "thuren" to refer to the one to the left of you, and "thuwi" to refer to the one to the right of you.
In the Quel'sian dialect, these are pronounced a little different:
A pronoun is a stand in for a noun phrase that was used earlier in a discourse. In Thalassian, if there is only one thing that a pronoun could mean, you can leave it out.
Unlike English, Thalas'sian pronouns don't changed based on their Case.
There are several types of pronoun, and I'll list them all here.
Personal Pronouns
amare - I, me, my
delana - we, us, our
diel - you, your
ara - y'all, y'all's
tamen - he/she/it, him/her/it, his/hers/its
fallaa - they, them, their
quan - myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself/herself/itself, themselves
The personal pronouns (except "quan") can be reduced to short, suffix forms. These shorten forms appear only when they follow another word, and only when that word is a verb or verb auxiliary or preposition, and it can be reduced when it's acting as a possessive pronoun attached directly to a noun.
List of Personal Pronoun Suffixes:
're - I, me, my
'o - I, me, my (only use in informal settings or when being rude to someone)
'na - we, us, our
'a - you, your
'a - y'all, y’all’s
'men - he/she/it, him/her/it, his/her/its
'shi - they, them, their
Demonstrative Pronouns
These pronouns point in a direction, telling you how near or far something is in relation to the speaker. There are two demonstrative pronouns:
thuren - that, those, thing to the left
thuwi - this, these, thing to the right
When dealing with things that are equidistant, you can use "thuren" to refer to the one to the left of you, and "thuwi" to refer to the one to the right of you.
In the Quel'sian dialect, these are pronounced a little different:
thuuren
thuui