yandé
Nheengatu
Etymology
From Old Tupi îandé. Cognate with Guaraní ñande.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jã.ˈdɛ], [ɲã.ˈdɛ]
- Hyphenation: yan‧dé
- Rhymes: -ɛ
Pronoun
yandé
- (first-class) first-person plural personal pronoun (we, us)
- Yandé mira-itá. Yandé yasasá puranga.
- We are people. We do well.
- Aintá uputari uyuká yandé.
- They want to kill us.
- Aintá umeẽ manungara yandé arama.
- They give something to us.
- 2017, Rodrigo Godinho Trevisan, Tradução comentada da obra Le Petit Prince, de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, do francês ao nheengatu, page 142:
- — Yandé putira-itá piranga — usuaxara aintá.
- — We are roses — they answered.
Usage notes
- As a first-class pronoun, yandé is used as the subject (with the exception of second-class verbs, which are sometimes referred to as adjectives) and as the object of a sentence. The personal pronoun yandé is also used when governed by the postposition arama, which is occasionally omitted.
See also
| singular | first-class pronoun | second-class pronoun |
|---|---|---|
| first-person | ixé | se |
| second-person | indé | ne |
| third-person | aé | i |
| plural | first-class pronoun | second-class pronoun |
| first-person | yandé | yané |
| second-person | penhẽ | pe |
| third-person | aintá (or tá) | aintá (or tá) |
References
- ÁVILA, Marcel Twardowsky (2021) Proposta de dicionário nheengatu–português, page 850
- DA CRUZ, Aline (2011) Fonologia e gramática do nheengatu: a língua geral falada pelos povos baré, warekena e baniwa, Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap, →ISBN, page 41
- NAVARRO, Eduardo de Almeida (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica, 2nd edition, →ISBN, pages 11 and 110