Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Object Pronouns

When is the object is a pronoun, you need an OBJECT PRONOUN.  (weird, huh?)  The verb will still conjugate based on the subject (aka the "do-er" of the verb).
Object Pronouns
         Me = i
       You = ku
       Him = (no obj pronoun)
        Her = (no obj pronoun)
         We = na
 You All = idin
     Them = (no obj pronoun)


John baa i baray            John taught me
John baa ku baray         John taught you
John baa na baray         John taught us
John baa idin baray       John taught you all
*John baa baray             John taught him/her/them
John baa isaga/iyada/iyaga      John taught him/her/them


[USED with verbal pronoun]
Wey i bareen                 They taught me
Wey ku bareen              They taught you
Wey na bareen              They taught us
Wey idin bareen            They taught you all
*Wey bareen                  They taught him/her/them
Wey isaga/iyada/iyaga bareen  They taught him/her/them


The basic breakdown of the sentence is:


SUBJ + (mood classifier waa/baa if you didn't use a verbal pronoun) + OBJ PRONOUN + VERB 


*The 3rd person forms (him/her/them) are not expressed and the only way to differentiate is by context.  To specifically reference someone in the 3rd person you need to use the pronoun.  








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