Interactive Pronomial Prefixes

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The interactive pronomial prefixes denote that someone does (something) to someone else. Each such prefix specifies exactly who does to whom. In a complete sentence, one may wish to specify the "names" or the nouns actually participating in the action, but that comes in addition to the interaction pronomial prefix.

Example:
"She teaches him" would be "höwöyëstáni". It is composed of the prefix "höwö-", denoting "she-to-him", followed by the verb "-yëstáni", to teach. A complete sentence might be "Höwöyëstáni ne aksút ne ha'ni" -- "my grandmother teaches my father". Substituting the pronoun "höwö-" (she-to-him) with the pronoun "shaku-" (he-to-her) would yield "shakuyëstáni ne aksút ne ha'ni" meaning "my father teaches my grandmother".


Notes:
  1. Nevermind Dual Pronouns
    The interactive prefixes do not differentiate between dual plurality (we-two, you-two, they-two, etc.) and normal "multiple" plural (we-all, you-all, they-all); those distinctions are made only in the Active (i.e. subjective) pronomial prefixes.

  2. Nevermind Inclusive / Exclusive Pronouns
    The interactive prefixes do not differentiate between "exclusive" (e.g. "we-all, not including you") and "inclusive" prefixes (such as "we-all, including you"); those distinctions are made only in the Active (i.e. subjective) pronomial prefixes.


Interactive Pronomial Prefixes
Who \ To Whom 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person
Me Us You
(singlular)		 You-All Him Her They
(masculine)		 They
(feminine)
1st
Person		 I kö-
I -> you		 kwa-
I -> y'all		 he-
I -> him		 khe-
I -> her		 khe- ??
I -> them
(masculine)		 khe-
I -> them
(feminine)
We ??
We -> you		 kwa-
We -> y'all		 ??
We -> him		 ??
We -> her		 ??
We -> them
(masculine)		 ??
We -> them
(feminine)
2nd
Person		 You sk-
You -> me		 skw(a)-
You -> us		 hesh(e)-
You -> him		 sh(e)-
You -> her		 sh(e)- ??
You -> them
(masculine)		 sh(e)-
You -> them
(feminine)
You-All skw(a)-
Y'all -> me		 skw(a)-
Y'all -> us		 shesw(a)
Y'all -> him		 ??
Y'all -> her		 ??
Y'all -> them
(masculine)		 ??
Y'all -> them
(feminine)
3rd
Person		 He hak-
He-> me		 shökw(a)-
He -> us		 ya-
He -> you		 shesw(a)-
He -> y'all		 höwö-
He -> him		 shaku-
He -> her		 hakö-
He -> them
(masculine)		 hakö-
He -> them
(feminine)
She ök-
She-> me		 ökhi -
She -> us		 esa-
She -> you		 ethsi-
She -> y'all		 höwö-
She -> him		 ??
She -> her		 höwöti-
She -> them
(masculine)		 köwöti-
She -> them
(feminine)
They
(masculine)		 hök-
They -> me		 ökhi-
They -> us		 hösa-
They -> you		 ethsi-
They -> y'all		 höwö-
They -> him		 shakuti-
They -> her		 höwöti-
They -> them
(masculine)		 köwöti-
They -> them
(feminine)
They
(feminine)		 hök
They -> me		 ökhi-
They -> us		 hösa -
They -> you		 ethsi-
They -> y'all		 höwö -
They -> him		 shakuti-
They -> her		 höwöti-
They -> them
(masculine)		 köwöti-
They -> them
(feminine)

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