Reflexives
Example Sentences
¿Batta gutiini ittzicchalù'?
When did you comb your hair?
¿Biini laalù'?
What do you call yourself?
¿Biini gutoolù?
What do you feed yourself?
¿Batta betheetelù' eccu' shoolù'?
When did you learn to dress yourself?
*(Shoo is an inalienable inherently possessed word)
Rugwiia' looya' loo espeju.
I look at myself in the mirror.
Rnaabatiisa'nì luesi'ya' tutu saa.
I ask myself everyday.
¿Ti'ala riliitiani luesi'riu'?
How do we amuse ourselves?
Loochi rutthalaasi'ya'cho', rigaana luesi'ya'.
When I think about you, I touch myself.
Miishito'nà' gule'e looni.
The kitten licked itself.
Betti'ya' yu'ucha'á.
I sold my house.
Enriquenà' betappanà carru què' níá.
Henry wrecked his car.
Word Order
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Verb-Object-Possessor or Subject Verb- Object- Possessor. When using reflexives, the pronoun that is usually attached to the end of the verb is dropped.
Verbs learned:
riguiini -Comb
| Past | gutiini | 'combed' |
| Present | riguiini | 'combs, is combing' |
| Future | guuaguiini | 'will comb' |
rutheete-Learn
| Past | betheete | 'learned' |
| Present | rutheete | 'learns, is learning' |
| Future | gutheete | 'will learn' |
| rnaaba | 'ask for' |
| rnaabani | 'ask someone for something' |
| rnaabatiisa' | 'ask (a question)' |
| rnaabatiisa'ni | 'ask a question of someone' |
| rigaana | 'touch' |
| rutthalaasi' | 'think' |
| luesi' | 'self' |
| gule'e | 'lick' |
| rutappa | 'break' |
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