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# [[a]], [[any]], [[some]]
# (modifying something remote/vague in time or place or something that the speaker is not sure exists): [[a]], [[any]], [[some]]
#* čad '''kʷi''' pišpiš.
#* čad '''kʷi''' pišpiš.
#: Where '''is there a''' cat?
#: Where '''is there a''' cat?
# (when asking for information the speaker does not know): [[a]], [[the]], [[some]]
#* gʷat '''kʷi''' adsdaʔ.
#: What is your name? ''(literally)'' Who are you called?
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{{usage|Used when referring to something that is vague or remote in time or location, or when there is a doubt as to the existence of the thing being discussed.}}
{{usage|Used when referring to something that is vague or remote in time or location, or when there is a doubt as to the existence of the thing being discussed.}}
{{usage|In casual speech, "kʷi" followed by the prefix [[ad]] often becomes the single syllable "kʷad".}}
{{SA}} ''(set II)'' [[kʷsi]]


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* {{BHH}}, p. 125
* {{BHH}}, p. 125
* {{Book I}}, ch. 3
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Latest revision as of 22:48, 8 April 2017


Lushootseed
demonstrative (set I adjectival demonstrative)
pastəducid
  1. (modifying something remote/vague in time or place or something that the speaker is not sure exists): a, any, some
    • čad kʷi pišpiš.
    Where is there a cat?
  2. (when asking for information the speaker does not know): a, the, some
    • gʷat kʷi adsdaʔ.
    What is your name? (literally) Who are you called?

usage notes: Used when referring to something that is vague or remote in time or location, or when there is a doubt as to the existence of the thing being discussed.
usage notes: In casual speech, "kʷi" followed by the prefix ad often becomes the single syllable "kʷad".
see also: (set II) kʷsi



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