PronType
: pronominal type
Description
This feature typically applies to pronouns, determiners, pronominal numerals
(quantifiers) and pronominal adverbs. This feature is used for pro-words that
are not under PRON
part of speech, e.g. pro-adjectives and pro-adverbs.
Prs
: Personal pronouns
Personal pronouns are pretty standard, most Uralic languages will have at least singulars and plurals in first, second and third person. Some will also include duals as well as inclusive and exclusive first persons.
Personal examples
- [fi] minä “I”, sinä “you”, hän “he, she”
Rcp
: Reciprocal pronouns
Reciprocal pronouns refer to number of things each, most typically two people at each other.
Reciprocal examples
- [fi] toinen […] toisiaan “each other”
Rel
: Relative pronouns
Relative pronouns are used with relative clauses.
Relative examples
- [fi] joka “which”, mikä “that”
Dem
: Demonstrative pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns are: this, that and it, and their plurals.
Demonstrative examples
- [fi] tämä “this”, tuo “that”, se “it”
Ind
: Indefinite pronouns
Pronouns that refer to indefinite quantities or qualities of nouns, in some grammars overlaps with e.g. quantifier pronouns (which do not exist in Universal features).
Indefinite examples
- [fi] jokin “something”, kaikki “all”
Art
: Article pronouns
For words that are articles. Mainly used in Uralic dependencies for Hungarian, or loans from other related languages.
Article examples
None in Finnish.
Neg
: Negative pronouns
Negative pronouns are lexically negative by themselves. They are not used in Universal dependencies for pronouns that go with negation, e.g. not with [fi] ei koskaan, ei mikään etc.
Negative examples
None in Finnish.
Tot
: Total / collective pronouns
Total pronouns are used for some collectives.
Total examples
None in Finnish
PronType in other languages: [bg] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [es] [eu] [fa] [fi] [fr] [ga] [he] [hu] [it] [ja] [ko] [sv] [u]