yapon

/japon/

Saying it about someone

Saying it about someone — yapon
DegreemenIsenyouolhe/she/itbizwesizyou allalathey
base formyaponmaI am Japaneseyaponsayou are Japaneseyaponduhe is Japaneseyaponbuzwe are Japaneseyaponsuzyou all are Japaneseyapondulathey are Japanese

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden yapondu — "compared to me, he is Japanese."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing — yapon
Degreemenikiminesenikiyoursanıqıhis / hersbiznikiourssiznikiyours (pl.)alanıqıtheirs
base formmeniki yapondumine is Japaneseseniki yaponduyours is Japaneseanıqı yaponduhis is Japanesebizniki yaponduours is Japanesesizniki yaponduyours (pl.) is Japanesealanıqı yapondutheirs is Japanese
Several things — yapon
Degreemenikileminesenikileyoursanıqılahis / hersbiznikileourssiznikileyours (pl.)alanıqılatheirs
base formmenikile yapondulamine are Japanesesenikile yapondulayours are Japaneseanıqıla yapondulahis are Japanesebiznikile yapondulaours are Japanesesiznikile yapondulayours (pl.) are Japanesealanıqıla yapondulatheirs are Japanese

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu yapondu, bıla yapondula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".