Language: | Nama |
Feature: | Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns by Johannes Helmbrecht |
Value: | Binary politeness distinction |
saáko | 2nd sg. fam. | - interestingly, there is a 2nd person pl pronoun (saá (2nd person root) + -ko (2nd masc pl)) which is used as an intimate form between equal males who have a very close relationship |
saátù | 2nd sg. hon. | - the politeness distinction does not exist in person- gender-number suffixes; - polite address (to either sex); - this pronoun is a combination of the 2nd person root saá + tù (2nd person common pl suffix); - all noun phrases end in a word which is inflected for gender, number, and person; both, the obligatoryperson-gender-number suffix on the noun and the pronominal of the6th order class indicate person |