yandé

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See also: yande

Nheengatu

Etymology

From Old Tupi îandé. Cognate with Guaraní ñande.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: yan‧dé
  • Rhymes: -ɛ

Pronoun

yandé

  1. (first-class) first-person plural personal pronoun (we, us)
    Yandé mira-itá. Yandé yasasá puranga.
    We are people. We do well.
    Aintá uputari uyuká yandé.
    They want to kill us.
    Aintá umeẽ manungara yandé arama.
    They give something to us.

Usage notes

  • As a first-class pronoun, yandé is used as the subject (with the exception of second-class verbs, which are sometimes referred to as adjectives) and as the object of a sentence. The personal pronoun yandé is also used when governed by the postposition arama, which is occasionally omitted.

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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