Hi, this is my first post in Almea!
I tried to answer to the question and I searched into the Kebreni page, but I found nuthin. Can someone help me?
Sorry, maybe I made some mistakes, but I'm Italian and I'm not very well to speak English.
how do you understand the pronoun of a kebreni verb?
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The general answer is "by context". Person and number are handled very differently in Kebreni compared to Indo-European languages. In Italian you must express them on the verb; in English you must supply a pronoun. In Kebreni there's no "must" about it; a sentence doesn't need person and number. Japanese is much like this as well.
In an isolated sentence in a grammar, of course you can't tell what's meant. Kuna means that 'someone saw' something-- maybe me, maybe you, maybe someone else. In actual conversation or writing, however, sentences aren't isolated. If you're talking to me and say Kuna nyne, it's clear that you mean that you saw the girl. (You presumably wouldn't be informing me about what I saw; and if someone else saw her you'd say who.)
In an isolated sentence in a grammar, of course you can't tell what's meant. Kuna means that 'someone saw' something-- maybe me, maybe you, maybe someone else. In actual conversation or writing, however, sentences aren't isolated. If you're talking to me and say Kuna nyne, it's clear that you mean that you saw the girl. (You presumably wouldn't be informing me about what I saw; and if someone else saw her you'd say who.)
Re: how do you understand the pronoun of a kebreni verb?
Benvenuto allo ZBB!Piero Lo Monaco wrote:Hi, this is my first post in Almea!
I tried to answer to the question and I searched into the Kebreni page, but I found nuthin. Can someone help me?
Sorry, maybe I made some mistakes, but I'm Italian and I'm not very well to speak English.
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Re: how do you understand the pronoun of a kebreni verb?
Airana! Tagon! Ranarath! Eeee!Piero Lo Monaco wrote:Hi, this is my first post in Almea!
Welcome to the ZBB!
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Welcome Piero! Good, I think we didn't have any Italian members here, despite having representatives from many European countries.
By the way, how do you say "Please, could you speak more slowly?" in Italian
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By the way, how do you say "Please, could you speak more slowly?" in Italian
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