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Pronouns


Samoan has a rather remarkable set of pronouns. Like many Austronesian languages, it has separate words for Inclusive We and Exclusive We , and distinguishes Singular , Dual , and Plural . Remarkably, the inclusive pronoun may occur in the singular, as ''ta'', in which case it indicates emotional involvement on the part of the speaker.

Samoan pronouns

The roots ''ma'', ''ta'', and ''la'' are ''’ima'', ''’ita'', and ''’ila'' in formal speech.

These are equivalent to


REFERENCE


  • Thomas E Payne, 1997. ''Describing morphosyntax: A guide for field linguists.'' Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-58224-5



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