Kuki (Indic people); Lushai (Asian people); Lushai language
He or hehi } This = near Heng, henghi = these.
Hei hei hi } the speaker.
Saw = that. Sawng = those.
Kha = that near you. Khang = those near you.
Khu = that down there. Khung = those down there.
Khi = that up there. Khing = those up there.
Chu = that. Chung = those.
They are generally repeated, thus:--
Khu sava khu kadu e.
That bird down there I want.
Khi zawng khi a liane.
That monkey up there he big is.
When a noun qualified by one of these adjectives is an agent, the agent
suffix "in" is combined with the second part of the adjective thus:--
Khu ui khu-an min a sheh = That dog down there bit me instead of Khu
ui in khu.
The personal pronouns have several forms, which are the same for
both genders.
Nominative { Keima, kei, ka = I.
{ Keimani, keine, kan = we.
Possessive { Keima, keiia, ka = my.
{ Keimani, keini, kan = our.
{ Keimata, keiata, kata = mine.
{ Keimanita, &c. = ours.
Objective { Keimamin, kei min min = me.
{ Keimani min, &c. = us.
The second person is "nangma" and "nangmani"; the third "ama,"
"anmani."
The possessive of the second person, when used as nominative of
verbs, has a curious irregular form "i" in the singular and "in"
in the plural.
The pronominal particles "ka" (I), "i" (thou), "a" (he), "kan" (we),
"in" (you), "an" (they) must be used with verbs in addition to the
pronouns, thus:--
Nangma i kal ang em? = Will you go?
Keimani chaw kan ei mek = We are just eating our rice.
The particle can never be omitted, whereas the true pronoun is
generally left out except when required for emphasis.
Reflexive action is denoted in several ways.
The particle "in" is prefixed to the verb in all cases. The following
are a few examples:--
Ka in vel }
Mani leh mani ka in vel } I hit myself.
Mani in ka in vel }
Keimani theoh vin kan in vel = We hit ourselves.
Relative Pronouns are:--
Kha, chu, a piang = who, which, what, that.
A piang, a piang kha, a piang chu = whoever, &c.
Lekha i ziak kha a tha e.
Letter you wrote that it good is.
The pronouns are sometimes omitted, the idea being conveyed by the
use of relative participles or verbal nouns.
I lekha ziak a tha e
Your letter written it good is.
The letter you wrote is good.
Interrogative Pronouns are:--
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