amin
All and Every
Compare amin + linked noun with an oblique personal pronoun + amin.
How It Works
Amin includes the whole relevant group or amount. Before a noun, it takes a linker appropriate to the following word: amin nga ubing includes all the children in the relevant set. By contrast, adu describes a large quantity without guaranteeing completeness.
Amin also follows oblique personal pronouns. In Para kadakayo amin daytoy, the object is for all the people addressed. Kadakayo retains the marking required after para; amin adds total inclusion. Retain the oblique form required by the recipient phrase; do not replace it mechanically with a subject pronoun.
In a consumption statement, attested aminen combines totality with an “already” meaning. The ending is the change particle in this frame, rather than a patient-focus suffix deriving a new drinking verb. Compare complete inclusion of recipients, complete consumption of an amount and tunggal’s consideration of members individually.
Examples (3)
- Adda libro para kadagiti amin nga ubing.
There is a book for all the children.
Amin modifies the linked noun within the plural beneficiary phrase; this does not explicitly promise one book per child.
- Para kadakayo amin daytoy.
This is for all of you.
Amin follows the oblique addressee pronoun.
- Ininumko aminen.
I have drunk it all already.
The understood drink is consumed completely, with the change particle adding already.
Related Patterns
- tunggalEach and Every
Contrasts total inclusion with each-member distribution.
Level 2 - adú / bassítA Lot and a Little
Contrasts completeness with quantity.
Level 2 - Patient-Focus Verbs With -in-Completed Patient-Focus Actions
Explains the completed drinking form.
Level 2 - Referring to a Personal Target
Explains kadakayo in the recipient phrase.
Level 3 - Change Particle -en / -nAlready and a New State
Explains the already meaning in aminen.
Level 2
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