dzene
South Slavey
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Athabaskan *džʷeˑn. Cognates include Navajo jį́ and Dogrib dzęę̀.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdzene (stem -dzen-)
Inflection
editPossessive inflection of dzene (-dzené)
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
1st person | sedzené | naxedzené | |
2nd person | nedzené | ||
3rd person | 1) | — | gidzené |
2) | medzené | godzené | |
4th person | yedzené | ||
reflexive | sp. | ɂededzené | kededzené |
unsp. | dedzené | ||
reciprocal | — | ɂełedzené | |
indefinite | ɂedzené | ||
areal | godzené | ||
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
edit- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 91