48 THE PRONOUN.
- 79. The Indefinite Pronouns are formed from the In-
terrogative Pronouns by the addition of the interrogative particle ka, of the postpositions mo and de mo, and of the emphatic particle zo. Thus dare 1 de z wo 1 , " any body," "every body," is literally even 3 by 2 whom 1 ." Here are a few examples of the use of the Indefinite Pronouns : Omocha ya nani ka. Toys or something.
(The words nani ka here have the same vague meaningless application that " some- thing " often has in colloquial English).
/ Mata donata ka miemashlta. (Polite)") Somebody else has dare mieta. (Not polite) come ' or Another
somebody lias-appeared } guest has arrived.
/ Nan de mo yoroshii kara, N Anything will do.
Anything (is)good because, J ust gf ve us SO me-
nani ka te-garui mono wo thing or other that
something-or-other easy thing [accus.} fWlll take no trou-
j ble to get ready.
daslllte kudasai. (Said, for instance, by
putting-forth condescend. [ a hungry traveller arriv-
/ ing late at a hotel.)
^ 7 . 7 . _ . , _ 3 Which ("of the two]
Dochira pa yoroshiu eozaunasho? L ,, , .A
lMMr*(So,0 good Jll-probably-bc* d >' OU thlnk Wl11
be best ? Sore wa, dochira de mo yoroshii. Oh! (sore wa) either
Thatas-for, either (is) good will do quite well.
Donata ka o ide ni
Sotnebody-or-olher honourable exit to Has SOme One ar-
natte orimasii ka P rived ?
haviug-become is ?
Ie, donata mo o ide ni natte No, no one has ar- / orimasen. rived.
(More lit. " Everybody has unarrived ". Conf. H 433-)
