gadow

See also: gadów

Yapese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xʌ.ˈðɔw/

Pronoun

gadow

  1. First-person dual inclusive pronoun; we two, us (inclusive); you and I

See also
Yapese personal pronouns
Singular Dual Plural
First* inclusive gadow gadaed
exclusive gaeg gamow gamaed
Second guur gimeew gimeed
Third qiir yow yaed
Other expressions
Partitive** bagyow bagyaed
* The first person can be inclusive (I/we and you) or exclusive (I/we and not you). This differentiation is meaningful only in the dual and in the plural. ** Partitive pronouns are used in expressions such as one of them two (dual) or one of them (plural).

References
  • Jensen, John Thayer (1977) Yapese Reference Grammar, Honolulu: The University press of Hawaii, pages 132-135
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