| Demonstratives | Interrogatives |
Information ownership | Yes | No | Yes | - |
Distance | Proximal | - | Distal | - |
Pronoun (thing) |
Hiragana: |  |  |
Phonemes: | ko | re |
Romanization: | ko | re |
English: | this |
|
 |  |
so | re |
so | re |
that |
|
 |  |
a | re |
a | re |
that |
|
 |  |
do' | re |
do | re |
which |
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Pronoun (place) |
Hiragana: |  |  |
Phonemes: | ko | ko |
Romanization: | ko | ko |
English: | this place, here |
|
 |  |
so | ko |
so | ko |
that place, there |
|
 |  |  |
a | so | ko |
a | so | ko |
that place, there |
|
 |  |
do' | ko |
do | ko |
which place, where |
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Pronoun (direction) |
Hiragana: |  |  |  |
Phonemes: | ko | Q | ti |
Romanization: | ko | t | chi |
English: | this direction |
|
 |  |  |
so | Q | ti |
so | t | chi |
that direction |
|
 |  |  |
a | Q | ti |
a | t | chi |
that direction |
|
 |  |  |
do' | Q | ti |
do | t | chi |
which direction |
|
Prenominal (thing) |
Hiragana: |  |  |
Phonemes: | ko | no |
Romanization: | ko | no |
English: | this ... |
|
 |  |
so | no |
so | no |
that ... |
|
 |  |
a | no |
a | no |
that ... |
|
 |  |
do' | no |
do | no |
which ... |
|
Prenominal (type) |
Hiragana: |  |  |  |
Phonemes: | ko | N | na |
Romanization: | ko | n | na |
English: | this kind of ... |
|
 |  |  |
so | N | na |
so | n | na |
that kind of ... |
|
 |  |  |
a | N | na |
a | n | na |
that kind of ... |
|
 |  |  |
do' | N | na |
do | n | na |
what kind of ... |
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Adverb (way) |
Hiragana: |  |  |
Phonemes: | ko' | u |
Romanization: | kô |
English: | this way |
|
 |  |
so' | u |
sô |
that way |
|
 |  |
a' | a |
â |
that way |
|
 |  |
do' | u |
dô |
how |
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