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Grammar 2 :  The dialog focuses on Set A person pronouns.  There are four closely related groups of Set A person pronouns.  The present tense verb –doga 'standing' begins with the consonant d.  It is a Set A c2-stem verb and it takes Set A c2­-stem pronouns in the present tense.  The third person singular pronoun is ga- 'she/he' and the first person singular pronoun is tsi- 'I'.  Many of the other pronouns end with i.  The language requires i between the consonant of the pronoun and the consonant of the stem.

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tsi-

1A c2-stem

tsidoga

'I am standing.'

 

hi-

2A c2-stem

hidoga

'You are standing.'

ga-

3A c2-stem

gadoga

'She is standing.'

       

de-osdi-

13Ad c2-stem

dosdidoga

'He and I are standing.'

de-ini-

12Ad c2-stem

denidoga

'You and I are standing.'

de-sdi-

2Ad c2-stem

desdidoga

'You two are standing.'

 

       

de-otsi-

13Ap c2-stem

dotsidoga

'They and I are standing.'

de-idi-

12Ap c2-stem

dedidoga

'You all and I are standing.'

de-itsi-

2Ap c2-stem

detsidoga

'You all are standing.'

de-ani-

3Ap c2-stem

danidoga

'They are standing.'

 

 


 


 

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