Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Demonstratives

Ybanag has at least four demonstrative pronouns used in colloquial speech. The reason I say "at least" is because of the fact that I am only aware of how Ybanag is colloquially spoken. I am not an expert on Adalam nga Ybanag (deep Ibanag), meaning I only know Ybanag as it is spoken and not the "proper" Ybanag per se. With this being said, you will still be understood when using these set of demonstratives.

  • This - Yaw
  • That -Yatun (item by person being spoken to)
  • That - Yari (item far from both speaker and person being spoken to)
  • That - Yuri (item is in the past or absent from view)
Examples:
  1. Yaw manu' - This chicken
  2. Yatun kazzing - That goat
  3. Yari mammanu' - That bird
  4. Yuri take - That ride/car

Vocabulary
manu' - chicken
kazzing - goat
mammanu' -any bird
take - ride/car (coche can also be used)
take* can also be pronounced "takay"

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