PronType: pronominal type
| Values: | Dem | Emp | Int | Prs | Rcp | Rel |
Prs: personal pronoun, including reflexive
There is a number of reflexive verbs, which have reflexive pronoun as a direct object.
According to the UD guidelines, reflexive verbs are grouped with personal pronouns (PronType=Prs)
and distinguished by a special feature Reflex=Yes.
Examples
- Fàntá bɛ́ í pán. “Fanta jumps”.
Rcp: reciprocal pronoun
Examples
- Surukuw bè kan ka nyògòn kin. “The hyenas were biting each other.”
Rel: relative pronoun
Relative pronoun mín is used in relative clause.
Examples
- Fàntá bɛ́ dɔ́nkili mín dá, ò ká dí né má. “A song which Fanta sings, I like it”.
Dem: demonstratives
In Bamana, there are two demonstratives ò ‘that’ and nín ‘this’. They can be pronouns or determinatives.
Examples
- na me park dis car “I’m the one who parked this car”
Emp: emphatic serie of personal pronouns
Personal pronouns in Bamana have two series: basic one and emphatic one. The use of emphatic pronouns depends of informational structure.
Examples
- né, é, àlé, ánw, áw, òlu
Int: interrogatives
This value is used with the interrogative adverb min “where”.
Examples
- I bè taga min? “Where are you going?”
PronType in other languages: [arr] [bej] [bg] [bm] [bor] [cs] [el] [en] [es] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gd] [gn] [gub] [gun] [hu] [hy] [it] [ka] [kpv] [ky] [la] [myu] [pcm] [qpm] [sga] [sl] [sv] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urj] [zh]