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=====Indefinite=====
=====Indefinite=====
Indefinite pronouns are, in many cases such as in the subject, able to be simply omitted, owing to the propensity of subjectless sentences to be interpreted as containing an unspoken indefinite subject.
:{|
|-
| colspan="3" | '''''I nye zowa.'''''
|-
|i || nye || zowa
|-
|<small>COP</small> || current.<small>E</small> || move.to.2S.<small>AG</small>
|-
| "is" || "current one" || "one who comes to you"
|-
| colspan="3" | ''Someone/something is coming.''
|}
The three most important words that are frequently used as indefinite pronouns are:
* '''nwa''' = one, something, someone [countable, singular]
* '''we''' = some, plural, more than one [countable, plural]
* '''mbwo''' = some, substance [uncountable]
Each of these has its own genitive contraction:
* '''ya nwa''' → '''mbya''' = of one, of something, of someone
* '''ya we''' → '''vye''' = of some, of plural, of more than one
* '''ya mbwo''' → '''mbyo''' = of some, of a substance
In addition to these, generic nouns such as '''ngo''' 'person' and '''nu''' 'thing' may be used indefinitely.
Due to the tendency of most nouns to be interpreted as definite when they are in the subject, indefinite subjects, when not simply omitted are generally used in a kind of cleft-sentence which places them in the predicate, being followed by what is more or less a relative clause.
:{|
|-
| colspan="5" | '''''<span style="color:blue">I ngo ye</span> nye zowa.'''''
|-
|i || ngo || ye || nye || zowa
|-
|<small>COP</small> || person || ATTR || current.<small>E</small> || move.to.2S.<small>AG</small>
|-
| "is" || "person" || "that is" || "current one" || "one who comes to you"
|-
| colspan="5" | ''<span style="color:blue">Someone</span> is coming.''
|-
| colspan="5" | ''<span style="color:blue">There is a person who</span> is coming.''
|}
:{|
|-
| colspan="5" | '''''Na i zi vwe <span style="color:blue">mbya</span>.'''''
|-
|na || i || zi || vwe || mbya
|-
|1S|| <small>COP</small> || <small>PRF.E</small> || see.<small>AG</small> || <small>GEN</small>.one
|-
| "I" || "am" || "former one" || "seer" || "of one"
|-
| colspan="5" | ''I saw <span style="color:blue">something/someone</span>.''
|}
:{|
|-
| colspan="6" | '''''Na i zi vwe <span style="color:blue">ya nu</span>.'''''
|-
|na || i || zi || vwe || ya || nu
|-
|1S|| <small>COP</small> || <small>PRF.E</small> || see.<small>AG</small> || <small>GEN</small> || <small>thing</small>
|-
| "I" || "am" || "former one" || "seer" || "of" || "thing"
|-
| colspan="5" | ''I saw <span style="color:blue">something</span>.''
|}
:{|
|-
| colspan="6" | '''''Na i zi vwe <span style="color:blue">ya ngo</span>.'''''
|-
|na || i || zi || vwe || ya || ngo
|-
|1S|| <small>COP</small> || <small>PRF.E</small> || see.<small>AG</small> || <small>GEN</small> || <small>person</small>
|-
| "I" || "am" || "former one" || "seer" || "of" || "someone"
|-
| colspan="5" | ''I saw <span style="color:blue">someone</span>.''
|}


=====Interrogative=====
=====Interrogative=====
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| colspan="4" | '''''Wa i <span style="color:blue">lu ma</span>?'''''
| colspan="4" | '''''Wa i <span style="color:blue">lu ma</span>?'''''
|-
|-
| wa || i || hwa ||ma
| wa || i || lu ||ma
|-
|-
| 2s || <small>COP</small> || located.<small>E</small> || what/who
| 2s || <small>COP</small> || located.<small>E</small> || what/who
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|}
|}


Other interrogative meanings such as "why" and "how" are formed by the use of '''ma''' in conjunction with generic nouns such as '''zye''' 'reason', 'cause', '''nde''' 'reason', 'goal' and '''ndo''' 'manner'.
:{|
|-
| colspan="7" | '''''<span style="color:blue">Ma i nde</span> zyu wa i luwa?'''''
|-
| ma || i || nde || zyu || wa || i || luwa
|-
| what || <small>COP</small> || goal || <small>GEN.C</small> || 2S || <small>COP</small> || located.by.2S.<small>E</small>
|-
| colspan="4" | ''<span style="color:blue">Why</span> are you here?''
|-
| colspan="4" | ''<span style="color:blue">What</span> are you here <span style="color:blue">for</span>?''
|}
:{|
|-
| colspan="8" | '''''De i ngu zyi <span style="color:blue">u ndo i ma</span>?'''''
|-
| de || i || ngu || zyi || u || ndo || i || ma
|-
| <small>DEF.E</small> || <small>COP</small> || kill.<small>AG</small> || <small>GEN.DEF</small> || <small>ADV</small> || manner/method || <small>COP</small> || what
|-
| colspan="4" | ''<span style="color:blue">How</span> did he kill it?''
|}


====Demonstratives====
====Demonstratives====
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===Names===
===Names===
===Numerals===
===Numerals===
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