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Learning the Yoruba Pronouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Yoruba language. But first we need to know what the role of Pronouns is in the structure of the grammar in Yoruba.
Yoruba pronouns include personal pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the persons spoken to, or the persons or things spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns (connect parts of sentences) and reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the object of a verb is being acted on by verb's subject). Here are some examples:
| English Pronouns | Yoruba Pronouns |
|---|---|
| Pronouns | |
| I | emi |
| you | iwo |
| he | oun |
| she | oun |
| we | awa |
| they | awon |
| me | emi |
| you | iwo |
| him | oun |
| her | oun |
| us | awa |
| them | awon |
| my | temi |
| your | Ire, Iwo, Tire |
| his | Toun |
| her | Toun |
| our | |
| their | Tawon |
| mine | Temi |
| yours | Tire |
| his | Toun |
| hers | Toun |
| ours | Tiwa, tawa |
| theirs | Tawon, tiwon |
Notice the structure of the Pronouns in Yoruba.
Below is a list of the Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns in Yoruba placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Yoruba vocabulary.
| English Pronouns | Yoruba Pronouns |
|---|---|
| I speak | Mo soro |
| you speak | Iwo soro, O soro |
| he speaks | O soro |
| she speaks | O soro |
| we speak | A soro |
| they speak | won soro |
| give me | Funmi |
| give you | Fun e |
| give him | Fun n |
| give her | fun n |
| give us | Funwa |
| give them | Funwon |
| my book | Iwe mi |
| your book | Iwe re |
| his book | Iwe re (different tonation on "re") |
| her book | Iwe re (different tonation on "re") |
| our book | Iwe wa |
| their book | Iwe won |
Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns have a very important role in Yoruba. Once you're done with Yoruba Pronouns, you might want to check the rest of our Yoruba lessons here: Learn Yoruba. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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