kitá2
pron
English We, us (1st pers. pl. focused actor, direct object or indirect object pronoun inclusive of addressee).
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Kitá kunu' i u'nang begayan ya.
English
We, he says, are the first ones he will give to.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Begayan ya nagá kitá.
English He will indeed give us some.
Grammar
Kitá is used for the actor, we, when it occurs in the emphatic pre-predicate position. When in the normal post-predicate position,
the pronoun tamí is used. Kitá is used for the focused direct and indirect object pronoun when preceded by an actor pronoun. However, when the pronoun,
us, is followed by a noun phrase actor, tamí is used.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Kitá i pa'adu'ún.
English
We
will
be
the
ones to go there.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Pa'adu'ún tamí.
English
We will go there.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Iribri ya kitá.
English He will save us.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Iribri tamí it Ampu'an.
English
We will be saved by the Lord.
See alsota
See alsotami
Compound kitang taw
pron
Note We people.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Atkayán lamáng i adat it kitang
taw.
English Thatś just what we
people are like.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Nagbélag-belágen i adat it kitang
taw.
English The ways of us
people are different from one another.