aintá

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Nheengatu

Etymology

From aé (third-person singular personal pronoun) +‎ -itá (plural-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -a

Pronoun

aintá

  1. (first-class, second-class) third-person plural personal pronoun (they, them, their)
    Aintá mira-itá. Aintá usasá puranga.
    They are people. They do well.
    Aintá akanhemu uikú nhaãsé aintá kirá uikú.
    They are scared because they are fat.
    Penhẽ peputari peyuká aintá.
    You want to kill them.
    Penhẽ peputari pepitá aintá irũmu.
    You want to stay with them.
    Penhẽ pemeẽ manungara aintá supé.
    You give something to them.
    Aintá manha uwiké uka pisasú upé.
    Their mother enters the new house.

Usage notes

  • As a first-class and second-class pronoun, aintá is used as the subject and as the object of a sentence. The personal pronoun aintá is also used when governed by any postposition with the exception of arama. Unlike other second-class pronouns, aintá is used when governed by the postposition supé. Finally, aintá is used as a possessive pronoun as well.

See also

Nheengatu personal pronouns
singular first-class pronoun second-class pronoun
first-person ixé se
second-person indé ne
third-person aé i
plural first-class pronoun second-class pronoun
first-person yandé yané
second-person penhẽ pe
third-person aintá (or tá) aintá (or tá)

References

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