Amal. Indefinite and indeterminate pronouns .1 Indefinite pronouns

278 Classifications f. kwentin ... kwentin ‗some ... ; some ...‘ is used to contrast one sub-group with another sub-group. Example Kwentin ua kumpi; kwentin chuga. ‗Some a group want to eat fish; some want to eat crab.‘ g. kwentin ... piddinpimaladdin 123 ‗some ... others ...‘ is usually used in a situation of a more marked contrast between two parts of a group than is referred to by kwentin ... kwentin ‗some ... ; some ...‘. Example Kwentin ua kumpi tenal pimaladdin chul. ‗Some want to eat fish while others don‘t.‘ h. egmal ‗the restremainder‘ refers to the balance of the group. Example Egmaldin kallin chan kumpi. ‗The rest want to eat chicken meat.‘ i. pelpel kwapa ‗all‘ refers to the entire group. Example Pel kwapa kabe kobzha. ‗Everyoneall drank coffee.‘ j. pelchal ‗almost all‘ includes all but a few of a group. Example Tule pelchal pukwa. ‗Almost everyone was there.‘ k. sate ‗nobodynothing‘ excludes the entire group. Example Tule sate pe pentagal. ‗There is nobody to help you.‘ l. nikchulchal ‗almost no onenone‘ excludes all but a few from the group. Example Tule nikchulchal mani ‗Almost no people have money. Almost no one has money.‘ Another way of excluding the entire group is with the expression nikchul ‗not one‘. Example Tule kwen nikchul pe pentagal. ‗There is not a single person to help you.‘ 20.4.6 Reflexive pronouns In Kuna, as in English, reflexive pronouns are used to indicate that an actor is doing an action to himselfherselfitself. Reflexive pronouns are also used in a construction which indicates volition. There are two reflexive pronouns: naga ‗myself‘ and aga ‗yourselfhimselfherselfitself‘ and these follow the noun or pronoun referring to the subject of the sentence. Examples 1. Antin naga chikcha. ‗I cut myself.‘ 2. ¿Pedin aga chikcha? ‗Did you cut yourself?‘ 3. Machi aga chikcha. ‗The boy cut himself.‘ 20.4.6.1 Group marker with reflexive pronoun When a reflexive pronoun is used to refer to a group of peoplethings who are doing the action to themselves, the group marker -mal see 13.4.3 is added to the noun or pronoun which refers to the participants. It is also added to the verb. 123 kwentin, piddin and pimaladdin are formed by adding the topic-establishing suffix -din-tin to an indefinite pronoun stem.