Actor Forms -ko / -mo / -na
Naming the Actor of a Patient-Focus Verb
These forms identify first-, second- and third-person singular actors.
How It Works
The genitive series includes -ko for the speaker, -mo for one addressee and -na for a third-person singular participant. In many non-actor-focus clauses, these pronouns identify the performer while another participant is selected as subject. Third-person -na does not distinguish gender.
Compare inaramidko, ‘I made it,’ and inaramidmo, ‘you made it.’ The actor changes, but the completed patient-focus formation remains. After a noun, the same series marks possession: librona means ‘his/her book.’
Under ordinary predicate negation, the short pronoun moves to the negative host. Modern writing attaches dependent pronouns rather than separating them with spaces. Some hosts require established shorter combinations; do not infer every combination by simple addition. The examples use consonant-final inaramid, which supports the full three illustrated actor forms.
Examples (3)
- Inaramidko daytoy.
I made this.
Ko identifies the noncentral actor; daytoy is selected.
- Inaramidmo dayta.
You made that.
Mo identifies one addressee as actor.
- Inaramidna ti balay.
He or she made the house.
Na identifies a third-person singular actor without gender marking.
How It Connects
Learn This First
-ko, -mo and -na identify noncentral actors in relevant verb constructions.
Related Patterns
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Patterns that build on this one.