yané

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See also: yane and yanê

Nheengatu

Etymology

From Old Tupi îandé. Cognate with Guaraní ñande.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ya‧né
  • Rhymes: -ɛ

Pronoun

yané

  1. (second-class) first-person plural personal pronoun (we, us, our)
    Yané akanhemu yaikú nhaãsé yané kirá yaikú.
    We are scared because we are fat.
    Aintá uputari upitá yané irũmu.
    They want to stay with us.
    Yané manha uwiké uka pisasú upé.
    Our mother enters the new house.
    • 2017, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Marcel Twardowsky Ávila, Histórias em língua geral da Amazônia (nheengatu ou tupi moderno), →ISBN, page 78:
      — Umanú ramé awá yasaisú waá, yané rikwesawa ti ana urikú nẽ yepé purangasawa.
      — When the one we love dies, our life no longer has any beauty.

Usage notes

  • As a second-class pronoun, yané is used as the subject of a sentence when its verb is a second-class one (those verbs are sometimes referred to as adjectives). The personal pronoun yané is also used when governed by any postposition with the exception of arama and supé. Finally, yané 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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