Pronouns
Personal pronouns
Pronouns can substitute nouns and noun phrases.
me
– I, me
te
– you
le
– he, she, it
mome
– we
tote
– you all
lole
– they
Reflexive pronoun
The reflexive pronoun is used when the object of a sentence is the same as the subject.
ze – self
Note! The reflexive pronoun ze is used for all persons, so it corresponds to English myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves and themselves all at once.
me vida ze
– I see myself.
le vida ze
– She sees herself. / He sees himself. / It sees itself.
mome vida ze.
– We see ourselves.
Demonstrative pronouns
The demonstrative pronouns are:
ye
– this one
we
– that one
me volu ye.
– I want this one.
le volu we.
– He/she wants that one.
They end in -i when they function as modifiers i.e. when they come before a noun.
yi maw
– This cat
wi maw
– That cat
Interrogative pronouns
ke is a general-purpose interrogative pronoun. It does the job of English words who and what.
ke? – Who or what?
The adjectival interrogative pronoun is ki and it means the same as English which.
ki shey?
– What? (Which thing?)
ki ren?
– Who? (Which person?)
ki zaman?
– When? (What time?)
ki yang?
– How? (What manner?)
The adverbial interrogative pronoun is ko and it means the same as English how.
Also adjectives are questioned with ki.
ko novi?
– How new?
ko kosti?
– How costy?
ko pol?
– How many?
ko day?
– How big?
ko lil?
– How small?
te tena ko day maw? – How big cat do you have?