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Ilocano
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Pronoun
-nakayó (pronoun-forming suffix)
- Fused enclitic with third-person singular agent and second-person plural patient; fuses -na (“he, she, it, his, her, its”) and -kayo (“you (all)”)
- Pagimbubulsekannakayo laeng. ― He is just pretending to be blind to you.
See also
Ilocano personal pronouns
| Person
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Number
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Absolutive
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Ergative
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Oblique
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Possessive
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| Disjunctive
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Enclitic
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Enclitic3
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bági form
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kukua form
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| First
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singular
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siak
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-ak
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-ko, -k
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kaniak
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bagik
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kukuak, kuak
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| dual
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data, sita1
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-ta
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kaniata, kadata
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bagita
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kukuata
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| plural inclusive
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datayo, sitayo1
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-tayo, -tay
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kaniatayo, kadatayo
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bagitayo
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kukuatayo
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| plural exclusive
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dakami, sikami1
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-kami, -kam
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-mi
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kaniami, kadakami
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bagimi
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kukuami
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| Second
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singular
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sika
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-ka
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-mo, -m
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kaniam, kenka
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bagim
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kukuam
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| plural
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dakayo, sikayo1
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-kayo, -kay
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-yo
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kaniayo, kadakayo
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bagiyo
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kukuayo
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| Third
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singular
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isu, isuna
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Ø2
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-na
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kaniana, kenkuana
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bagina
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kukuana
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| plural
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isuda
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-da
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kaniada, kadakuada
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bagida
|
kukuada
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1Regional variants.
2Null morpheme. There is no absolutive enclitic for the third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives isu or isuna may also be used.
3Ergative enclitics are also used as possessive markers.
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