Value Titles used as second person forms

Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns

Examples

  1. meshiin teem. botuspa kera kamfalaa - aka meshiin see - kera see, poy tiraa daa, botuspa
    meshiin
    machine
    teem.
    prs.be
    botus-pa
    2.hon-dat
    kera
    want
    kanda
    cond
    falaa
    quot
    -
     
    aka
    that
    meshiin
    machine
    see
    cond
    -
     
    kera
    want
    see
    cond
    pooy
    habil
    tiraa
    take
    daa,
    give
    botus-pa
    2.hon-dat
    There IS a machine. If you want [it] - if [it's a question of] that machine - if you want, we can take it and give it to you. (OR: We HAVE a machine. If you want [it] - if [it's a question of] that machine - if you want, we can take it and give it to you.)

    See Smith 1974-5: 5298

  2. eev; boos; noos; botus
    eev;
    1sg
    boos;
    2sg
    noos;
    1pl
    botus
    2pl/2.hon
    I; you; we; you

    See Smith 1974-5: passim

  3. liimpu bistiidu buniitu oondi boos tandaa?
    liimpu
    clean
    bistiidu
    clothing
    buniitu
    pretty
    oondi
    where
    boos
    2sg
    ta-andaa?
    prs-go
    Where do you think you're going all gussied up like that?

    See Smith 1974-5: 5567

  4. prumeer botussu tɛɛrantu taam istiley mee lotiɲam
    prumeer
    formerly
    botus-su
    2.hon-gen
    tɛɛra-ntu
    country-loc
    taam
    also
    isti=ley
    this=like
    mee
    foc
    lotiɲam
    fut.be.prf
    Formerly in your country, too, it would have been like this.

    See Smith 1974-5: 4061

  5. etus siɲoor juuntu tapapiyaa lingvaay siɲoorpa lointinda?
    [etus
    [3pl.hon
    siɲoor
    gentleman
    juuntu
    with
    ta-papiyaa]
    prs-speak]
    lingvaay
    language
    siɲoor-pa
    gentleman-dat
    lo-intinda?
    fut-understand
    Do you understand the language they speak to you?

    See Smith 1974-5: 2818