Pronoun is a word which substitutes for a noun phrase. In Jembesa, there are seven kinds of pronouns: personal, possessive, reflexive, reciprocal, demonstrative, indefinite, interrogative. A pronoun can be marked with some features which a noun can take on: number, case, and enclitic; e.g. munnattu 'to both of us, too?' [1st person dual + illative case … Continue reading Part of Speech (Pronoun)
Tag: illative case
Grammatical Case III
pomasGood Afternoon Illative Case (-nna, -nnä) A word in illative case takes -nna or -nnä suffix according to vowel harmony, and it expresses the direction of movement into something. Moreover, it gives the meaning of English preposition 'into'. sanka: house > sanganna: into house / sangunna: into two houses / sangenna: into houses => j'opra it … Continue reading Grammatical Case III

