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• 1 2018-07-20T18:41:37-07:00 15 Focus Pronouns and Answering Questions 10 plain 779882 2021-07-14T13:09:02-07:00 Before starting this section, do a quick review of §5. In §5.1 the possessive pronouns are introduced, and in §5.2, emphatic possession.
  Now study the following:

  nətálə.	‘It is my money.’
  nəskʷáʔ nətálə.	‘It is my money.’
  níɬ nətálə.	‘It is my money.
  níɬ nəskʷáʔ nətálə.	‘It is my money.’

  
  ► 1  Each of the models has basically the same meaning. The difference is a matter of focus. In English we indicate focus by stressing the word. In Klallam focus is indicated by putting the word first in the sentence.
  ► 2  The first model, nətálə, focuses on ‘money.’ The second model has the emphatic possession (§5.2), nəskʷáʔ nətálə, and focuses on possession itself, ‘my.’
  ► 3  The third and fourth models begin with the word níɬ, which can be translated ‘it is,’ ‘there are,’ ‘that is,’ ‘those are,’ ‘they are,’ or ‘he or she is.’ A speaker uses níɬ to focus on an item or items around him or her.
  The word níɬ is a focus pronoun. níɬ is the focus pronoun corresponding to ‘he/she/it/they.’ There are others corresponding to ‘I,’ ‘you,’ ‘we,’ and ‘you folks.’ Here is the complete set:

  		ʔə́c	‘It is I.’
  		ɬníŋɬ	‘It is we.’
  		nə́kʷ	‘It is you.’
  		nə́kʷ hay	‘It is you folks.’
  		níɬ	‘It is he/she/it/they.’

  ► 4  These pronouns cannot generally be used as subjects or objects in sentences.
  ► 5  The most common use is in questions and in answers to questions.