Datapoint Fa d’Ambô/Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns

The subject and object pronouns are the same. Most of the time the last sound drops in initial position; at the end of the utterance the first sound of the pronoun drops. But this has nothing to do with case marking. It depends on the position in the sentence and the sounds surrounding it.

Values

Neutral alignment

Example 38-21:
Xafe iske fa namise xozai?
Xafe
why
eli-ske
3sg-irr
fa
speak
namisedyi
2pl
xo-sai?
thing-dem
Why would he say that to you?
Example 38-113:
Amu fal bebela.
Amu
1sg
fa-li
speak-3sg
bebela.
already
I told him/her already.
Example 38-110:
Am sxanda.
Amu
1sg
sxa
prog
nda.
walk
I am walking. OR: I walk.
Example 38-111:
Am fa bo xosai.
Amu
1sg
fa
speak
bo
2sg
xo-sai.
thing-dem
I tell you this.

Source: Post 1994: 201

Example 38-112:
Namse xa da mu.
Namisedyi
2pl
xa
evid
da
give
(a)mu.
1sg
You give it to me.
Confidence:
Very certain