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Value Titles used as second person forms
Language:
Ambon Malay
Parameter:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns
References
van Minde 1997
: 68
Examples
Tadi se dapa brapa?
Tadi
just.now
se
2sg
dapa
get
brapa?
how.many
How many did you get?
See
van Minde 1997
: 267
ose/os/se; ale/al
ose/os/se;
2sg
.INFORMAL
ale/al
2sg
.
sbj
.INFORMAL
you (singular, informal)
See
Paauw 2008
: 406
Ose nanti, seng ampas, ose tra ampas lei!
Ose
2sg
nanti,
wait
seng
neg
ampas,
waste
ose
2sg
tra
neg
ampas
waste
lei!
also
You just wait, nothing, not even a trace of you will remain! OR: I won't spare you at all!
See
van Minde 1997
: 276
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