li- realis subject prefix for “Collocutive” plural: 1st inclusive [...]

Part of Speech	subject prefix
Phonetic Form	li
Tanema Equivalent	giti-
Lovono Equivalent	le(pe)-

1. • realis subject prefix for “Collocutive” plural: 1st inclusive and 3rd and generic person
   • • Gram
2. • 1st inclusive plural subject (see kiapa): you and us

   • • Example 1443:
       

       Kiapa ka li-pei kiapa, pe menuko iakapa dapa Frans.

       We are all delighted, because the French are our friends.

3. • 3rd plural subject (see dapa): they

   • • Example 569:
       

       Dapenuo li-go dapa ñe tolosai; da viñevi li-ativi dapa ñe tekume.

       The men girt themselves in loincloths, the women in skirts.

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S21

     • Example 1444:
       

       Dapa teliki ka dapa wopine li-ajau none.

       The chiefs and the elders were having a feast.

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003353#S5

     • Example 1445:
       

       Li-madau li-ko bwara kape le-ka le-loko dapa.

       They were afraid that they would be kidnapped.

4. • generic plural subject (see idi): ‘people’, ‘one’, generic ‘you’. Sometimes translated with a passive voice in English

   • • Example 110:
       

       Basavono po le-ko li-ago idi, li-katei puro i-ke ka li-ago.

       When you want to shoot someone, you draw out an arrow and shoot.

     • Example 126:
       

       Uk' aidi, li-labu motoro.

       In-laws are to be respected.

     • Example 234:
       

       moe pe li-apinu ene

       kitchen [lit. house where one cooks]

     • Example 1446:
       

       jokoro pe li-vi

       Pan pipe [lit. bamboos to be blown]

     • Example 1447:
       

       moro pe li-ve eo

       the day when you were born [lit. when one begat you]

Related entries

• See also:
  • idi¹ ‘people’, ‘one’, ‘they’: 3rd plural impersonal pronoun for human referents / humans, as opp. to spirits or animals