thę́
See also: Appendix:Variations of "the"
South Slavey
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *sə̓w̃ʼ.[1] Cognates include Dogrib whǫ̀.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [θɛ̃́(ʔ)]
- Hyphenation: thę́
Noun
thę́ (stem -dhén-)
Inflection
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sedhéné | naxedhéné | |
| 2nd person | nedhéné | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gidhéné |
| 2) | medhéné | godhéné | |
| 4th person | yedhéné | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂededhéné | kededhéné |
| unsp. | dedhéné | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełedhéné | |
| indefinite | ɂedhéné | ||
| areal | godhéné | ||
1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings
and the object is singular.
2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.
References
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 10
- ^ Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice (2005) Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 102