Language/Pular/Grammar/Personal-pronouns

Personal pronouns in Pular

We will introduce two types of personal pronouns now: the subject and the independent. (We give the French here because the independent pronoun is used similarly in Pular).

• Min, ko mi jannoowo. Moi, je suis professeur. Me, I am a teacher.

• An, ko a jangoowo. Toi, tu es é lè ve. You, you are a student.

Two differences between pronouns in English and in Pular: First, there are no masculine or feminine terms: o can mean “he” or “she”.

Second, there are two ways to say “we”: If the person being spoken to is included, you use en; if the person being spoken to is not included, you use men (see sidebar). Note that the plural pronouns also serve to denote respect, as they do in French.

• A jaraama. Hello (familiar)

• On jaraama. Hello. (respectful)

• On jaraama. Hello. (to two or more people)

Source

http://www.ibamba.net/pular/manual.pdf

Other Lessons

• Plurals
• Generic noun forms
• Possessive pronouns
• Imperative
• Verbs