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Yapese
Pronunciation
Pronoun
yaed
- Third-person plural pronoun; they
See also
Yapese personal pronouns
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| First*
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inclusive
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gadow
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gadaed
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| exclusive
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gaeg
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gamow
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gamaed
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| Second
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guur
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gimeew
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gimeed
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| Third
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qiir
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yow
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yaed
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| Other expressions
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| Partitive**
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bagyow
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bagyaed
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| * The first person can be inclusive (I/we and you) or exclusive (I/we and not you). This differentiation is meaningful only in the dual and in the plural. ** Partitive pronouns are used in expressions such as one of them two (dual) or one of them (plural).
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References
- Jensen, John Thayer (1977) Yapese Reference Grammar, Honolulu: The University press of Hawaii, pages 132-135