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1. Number
1. Gender
1. Case
Number in Vietnamese
Numeral: mt 1, hai 2, my a few, etc.
Plural marker: nhng, cc
Classifier: ci refers to non-living things, con refers to living
things, etc.
Numeral/Plural marker + Classifier + N
hai con ch
2CLF dog
two dogs
nhng con ch
PL CLF dog
dogs
Number in Hungarian
(1) cica SG (the cat) not marked
Plural is marked by -k
ngi n ng quyn v
CLF man CLF notebook
bi th nim vui
CLF poem CLF happiness
Ti gi anh y.
I call him
I call him.
Anh y gi ti.
he call me
He calls me.
Case in Hungarian (1)
Case in Hungarian (2)
The following 10 cases denote either movement towards the
speaker or away from him or place:
Case in Hungarian (3)
Case in Hungarian (4) - Possession
By proper name:
- Linh: Vn i, Vn gip Linh vic ny c khng?
Vn hey, you help me this okay?
Hey Vn, can you help me with this?
- Vn: , Linh cn g c bo Vn.
Yes, you need anything just tell me
Yes, just tell me anything you need.
Vietnamese: Status Pronouns - Kinship
cc bn
Vietnamese: Personal Pronouns
Informal With peers
Personal Pronouns - Informal
chng
mnh/ bn
mnh
(+2.person)
1. Person Reference- Vietnamese
Luong 1990: 10
Vietnamese: Person Reference
With partner
Age 1. person 2. person
Proper Noun: PR
Common Noun: N
Personal Pronoun: PERS
1. Personal Pronouns - Hungarian
Personal Pronouns - Hungarian (2)
2. Possesive Pronouns - English
ca + Pronoun
y l quyn sch ca ti .
This is book my.
This is my book.
l ca bn.
That is your.
That is yours.
2. Possessive Pronouns - Hungarian
3. Reflexive Pronouns - English
that that
(ngi) m ni m khi/lc m
(ci) m
Assertive Elective
Number Type Negative Positive Other
existential existential
no one everyone someone anyone
Person one
nobody everybody somebody anybody
Thing nothing everything something anything
another
other
Singular
whatever
whichever
each whoever
(whosoever)
whomever
(whomsoever)
Assertive Elective
Number Type Negative Positive Other
existential existential
khng ai
(bt c) ai
Person ai cng ai ai
cng
(nhng
Singular
plural)
ai
mi g
no
u
bao
proximal distal
proximal distal
singular ny y
nay
plural y kia
y
subject object
thing what
person/ thing
which
(selection)
person whose
(possession)
time when
place where
7. Interrogative Pronouns- Vietnamese
person/ ai
thing
Who are you talking to?
ci no
To whom are you talking? (selection)
ngi no
person ca ai
(possession)
time khi no
place u
7. Interrogative Pronouns
Hungarian