Wiktionary

yandé

See also: yande

Nheengatu edit

Etymology edit

From Old Tupi îandé. Cognate with Guaraní ñande.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [jã.ˈdɛ], [ɲã.ˈdɛ]
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  • Hyphenation: yan‧dé
  • Rhymes: -ɛ

Pronoun edit

yandé

  1. (first-class) first-person plural personal pronoun (we, us)
    Yandé mira-itá. Yandé yasasá puranga.
    We are people. We do well.
    Aintá uputari uyuká yandé.
    They want to kill us.
    Aintá umeẽ manungara yandé arama.
    They give something to us.

Usage notes edit

  • As a first-class pronoun, yandé is used as the subject (with the exception of second-class verbs, which are sometimes referred to as adjectives) and as the object of a sentence. The personal pronoun yandé is also used when governed by the postposition arama, which is occasionally omitted.

See also edit

Nheengatu personal pronouns
singular first-class pronoun second-class pronoun
first-person ixé se
second-person indé ne
third-person aé i
plural first-class pronoun second-class pronoun
first-person yandé yané
second-person penhẽ pe
third-person aintá (or tá) aintá (or tá)

References edit

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