Afaarmiša Grammar - Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Afaarmiša distinguishes between exclusive and inclusive first person pronouns, as well as proximate and obviative third person pronouns. Additionally, Afaarmiša features a reflexive and indefinite personal pronoun. These can be seen in the table below.
Singular Plural Inclusive Plural Exclusive
First Person Li
I 		Lim
We (and you) 		Limu
We (not you)
Second Person Čam
You 		Čerma
Y'all
Third Person Obviative Un
He (not here) 		Čermii
They (group of people, not here)
On
She (not here)
Lain
They (not here)
Third Person Proximate Banu
He (here) 		Čeromio
They (group of people, here)
Ohnu
She (here)
Indefinite Man
One
Reflexive Iofam
Oneself

Correlatives

Interrogatives, demonstratives, and indefinite pronouns can be found in the table below.

Interrogatives Demonstratives Indefinite Pronouns
Query Here There Yonder Some No Every Any Ever
Person Meyan
Who 		Derčan
Someone 		Nečan
No one 		Maračan
Everyone 		Urdačan
Anyone 		Lačan
Whoever
Thing May
What/Which 		Sašu
This 		Ušu
That 		Nakušu
That (over yonder) 		Dermu
Something 		Numu
Nothing 		Maramu
Everything 		Urdamu
Anything 		Lamu
Whatever/Whichever
Place Mo
Where 		Kalam
Here 		Polam
There 		Depolam
Yonder 		Dermo
Somewhere 		Nemo
Nowhere 		Maramo
Everywhere 		Urdamo
Anywhere 		Lamo
Wherever
Time Yan
When 		Yica
Now 		Cal
Then 		Daryan
Sometime 		Nayan
Never 		Marayan
Always 		Urdayan
Anytime 		Layan
Whenever
Way Maka
How 		Saboron
This way 		Uboron
Thus 		Durboron
Somehow 		Laboron
However
Type Žuka
What kind 		Lica
This kind 		Bahaca
That kind 		Darka
Some kind 		Naka
No kind 		Maraka
Every kind 		Urdaka
Any kind 		Laka
Whichever kind
Reason Bahan
Why

These correlatives can be used on their own or added as a prefix to a noun. For example:

Meyan orofkoin lipinion činyas?
who ballACC dog-DAT throw-PPFV
Who threw the ball to the dog?

Meyanos lipin ušučaroboža aiain?
who-GEN dog MED-house-LOC exist.PP
Whose dog is at that house?

Nakušulipin sašučarobokin kikičaas.
DIST-dog PROX-house-ACC destroy.PP
That dog over there is destroying this house.

Additional demonstratives

Haylo: Last
Boflo: Next
Haylosan: The one before the last one
Boflosan: The one after the next one

Additional indefinite pronouns

Nuusalan: None
Salan: All, every
Culo: Some
Tošim: Other
Ubtoša: Another
Bilan: Each
Urdam: Any

Quantifier pronouns

Kekaram: Several, more than two but not many
Lhen: Few
Eranad: Many
Pal: Most
Yud: Least
Daroy: More
Moroy: Less

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