Plural:
Inclusive: (1) gia, golu.
Exclusive: (1) gami, gamelu. (2) gamu, gamolu. (3) gera,
da, dalu.
Dual:
Inclusive: (1) goro.
Exclusive: (1) gamere. (2) gamoro. (3) _dar
1. These are the pronouns denoting possession and they are suffixed to a certain class of nouns only, those which denote names of parts of the body, or of family relationship, or of things in close relationship to the possessor. In all other cases possession is denoted by the use of the ordinary personal pronouns.
2. When things and not persons are in question ni is used in place of da in plural third: lea alua i fulini go and put them in their places.
3. Of the plural forms those ending in lu denote a restriction in the number of the persons concerned.
4. These pronouns are also suffixed to the preposition fua to, used as a dative, to afuta all, and to certain other words which show a noun termination but which have no independent existence as nouns: otofa concerning, oofa approaching to, enceinte, sie, at the house of (in the vocabulary all such words are followed by a hyphen); also to mara of one's own accord, alone, te taifilia marana he alone; also to the verb too to hit, toogu, toona, hit me, etc.
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.
These are na, ne, this; nena, nana, nane, that.
1. These all follow a noun or a pronoun: a mwela ne this person, nia nana that is it.
2. Na is added after the negative langi: langi na no, not that; and after sui finished: sui na that is finished.