bene enaa I (myself)

Part of Speech pron.constr
MWE Structure art - pron
Morphology bene e-naa
Gloss OBJ.ART1.SG H-1SG.PRON
    • I (myself)
      • grammar
      • Comment 1st person singular heavy pronoun marked by the object article of the 1st class. The example Mah 13E(Eno) 292 shows the subject to secondary object raising of the 1st person singular heavy pronoun <enaa>. The pronoun is marked by the object article <bene> because the primary object <ori> 'them' is a 3rd person.
      • Example 863:
        Enaa he sue vamataa kiriori bene enaa e teiee, meori paa sue kanaa kou voen, "... "
        When I corrected them saying who I was, they said to me, "...."
        Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 292

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  • See also:
    • bene1 specific singular article
    • enaa I; myself