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Ternate
Etymology
From ngofa (“child”) + jaro (“young woman”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ngofajaro (subject clitic to, possessive prefix ri, Jawi فجارو)
- (very formal, feminine) Alternative form of ngofajaru (“I”)
See also
Ternate personal pronouns
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independent
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subject proclitic
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possessive
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| informal
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formal
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| singular
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1st person
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ngori
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fangarem, fajaruf
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to
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ri
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| 2nd person
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ngana
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ngoni, jou ngoni
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no
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ni
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| 3rd person
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unam, minaf
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om, mof, inh
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im, mif, manh
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| plural
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1st person inclusive
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ngone
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fo
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na, nga
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| 1st person exclusive
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ngomi
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fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif,
fara ngomi1
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mi
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mi, mia
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| 2nd person
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ngoni
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ni
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na, nia
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| 3rd person
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anah, enanh
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ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, †
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nah, ngah, manh
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- unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
- m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
- 1 - for mixed-gender groups
- † - archaic
References
- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh