Thursday, July 10, 2008

Pronouns Part 5 "Ira"

"Ira" means "They or them." This is one of the easiest pronouns to deal with in Ybanag. Let's being.

Two forms
  • Da
  • Ira

"Da"

"Da" is used for most if not all verb conjugations.
  • Mabbaggaoda ta piggan - They're doing the dishes.
  • Inangyanadda yari bako' ira - They visited the old ladies.
  • kinadda nakuan yari putu ngem napoluadda - They would've eaten the "putu" but they got beaten to it.

"Ira"

"Ira" is used to emphasize as with any other "infinitive/independent" form of a pronoun.

  • Ira y mamagulu - They're the ones who started the argument.
  • Ira y nappate ta nuang - They're the ones who killed the carabao.

Vocabulary
Verbs
Mabbaggao - to wash dishes
Inangyanan - to visit
Napoluan - to be beaten to first by someone else
Mamagulu - to cause an argument/fight
Nappate - killed

Nouns
Piggan - plate
Bako' - old lady
Putu - a type of rice dessert
Nuang - Water buffalo (carabao)


To be edited (Thanks James!)

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