ngori
Ternate
Etymology
Cognate with Galela ngohi.
Pronoun
ngori
- First-person singular independent pronoun, I
- Ngori tosonyinga moju ngana na demo se ngori. ― I still remember your words to me.
See also
Ternate personal pronouns
independent | subject proclitic | possessive | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Informal | Formal | |||||
1st person singular | ngori | fangarem, fajaruf | to | ri | ||
2nd person singular | ngana | ngoni, jou ngoni | no | ni | ||
3rd person singular | unam, minaf | om, mof, inh | im, mif, manh | |||
1st person plural inclusive | ngome | fo | na, nga | |||
1st person plural exclusive | ngomi | fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1 | mi | mi | ||
2nd person plural | ngoni | ni | na | |||
3rd person plural | anah, enanh | ih, nh, yo3 | na, nga, manh |
- m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human nh - non-human
- † - unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
- 1 - for mixed-gender groups
- 2 - archaic, for human groups
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh
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