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Example 68-24
ose/os/se; ale/al
ose/os/se;
2sg
.INFORMAL
ale/al
2sg
.
sbj
.INFORMAL
you (singular, informal)
Comment:
The form
al
can only occur in subject position. All the other forms can occur in both subject and object position.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Scott 2008
: 406
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Datapoints:
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: Dependent subject and object forms
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: Titles used as second person forms
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