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Example 27-16
mi; ju; am; ons; jen; sini
mi;
1sg
ju;
2sg
am;
3sg
ons;
1pl
jen;
2pl
sini
3pl
I; you(SG); he/she/it; we; you(PL); they
Comment:
The forms of the 2PL and 3PL show a bit of variation. De Josselin de Jong (1926) lists for 2SG:
jen, jin, ji
n
, jine, jini
, and for 3SG:
sendr, senr, sinr, sene, sine, seni, sini, sinu, zine, si, se, sa
. For 1PL:
ons, o
ⁿ
s, ong
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 86, 95, 99
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Person syncretism in independent personal pronouns: No person syncretism
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: No dependent person forms
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