Main clause word order and pronominalization
Monotransitive Clauses
A transitive clause with various configurations of pronominal elements:
Full NPs:
Jegaan anafa a Maalik
‘Jegaan hits Maalik’
Object pronominalized:
Jegaan anafan
“Jegaan hits him”
Subject pronominalized:
anafa a Maalik
‘He hits Maalik’
Both pronominalized:
anafan
“He hits him”
OR
ten nafun
but NOT
X*ten anafan / X*ten anafun
Pronominal object for all 6 person/numbers:
anafaxam = ‘he hits me’
anafang = ‘he hits you (sg.)’
anafan = ‘he hits him’
anafa ‘in = ‘he hits us’
anafa nuun = ‘he hits you (pl.)’
anafa den = ‘he hits them’
Ditransitive clauses
Both full NPs:
Maalik aci’a a Jegaan obal ole
‘Maalik gives Jegaan the ball’
Pronominalized DO:
Maalik aci’aan a Jegaan
‘Maalik gives it to Jegaan’
OR ‘Maalik gives Jegaan to it’ (semantically odd, but grammatical)
Pronominalized IO:
Maalik aci’aan obal ole
‘Maalik gives him the ball’
OR ‘Maalik gives him to the ball’ (semantically odd, but grammatical)
All pronominalized:
aci’aan oten
‘He gives it to him’
Different IO:
ten ci’axaam oten
‘He gives it to me’
Note: need to check vowel length in -an/-aan and -axam/-axaam suffixes.