PRONOUN = Puronawun
Puronawun anee tomi ke ere kiri dimate ke tombo, aniania ye, aniania ama sinari ye.
THINGS TO STUDY
1. Personal Pronouns 2. Possessive Pronouns 3. Reflexive Pronouns
4. Demonstrative Pronouns 5. Relative Pronouns 6. Indefinite Pronouns
7. Interrogative Pronouns
1. PERSONAL PRONOUNS
a. When used as Subject
Tari gborubo (1st person singular) : I (+am...) = Yeri I (+have...) = A
e.g I am a Nigerian = Yeri Naijiriabebo I have come back = A pikimabote
Mai krama gborubo (2snd person singular) : You (+are...) = Iyeri You ( +have...) = I
Trei krama gborubo (3rd person singular) : He (+is...) = Ori He ( + has...) = O
She ( +is...) = Ari She ( + has...) = A
Tari tomapu ( 1st person plural) : We ( +are...) = Wamini We (+have...) = Wa
Mai krama tomapu ( 2nd person plural) : You (+are...) = Omini You (+have...) = O
Trei krama tomapu ( 3rd person plural) : They (+are...) = Ini They (+have...) = In
b. When used as Object
Tari gborubo (1st person singular) : me = I [falling tone]
e.g Give me that spoon = Ani ingaji me ke I p'ri
Mai krama gborubo (2nd person singular) : You = I [rising tone]
Trei krama gborubo (3rdperson singular) : Him = O [ falling tone] Her = A [ same]
e.g Take it to him = Ani ke mu O p'ri Go and tell her = Mu duko A p'ri
Tari tomapu (1st person plural) : Us = Wa
Mai krama tomapu ( 2nd person plural ) : You = O [ rising tone]
Trei krama tomapu ( 3rd person plural) : Them = Ini, In
2 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
a. When used as Subject
Tari gborubo (1st person singular) : My = I [ falling tone]
e.g This is my father = Mee I da
Mai krama gborubo ( 2nd person singular) : Your = I [ rising tone ]
Trei krama gborubo ( 3rd person singular) : His = O Her = A
Tari tomapu ( 1st person plural) : Our = Wamina
e.g Our Father who art in heaven = Wamina Dabo so bio simeari bo
Mai krama tomapu (2nd person plural) : Your = Omina
Trei krama tomapu ( 3rd person plural) : Their = Ina
b. When used as Object
Tari gborubo (1st person singular) : Mine = Inye [ falling tone]
Mai krama gborubo (2ndperson singular) : Yours = Inye [ rising tone]
Trei krama tomapu ( 3rd person singular) : His = Onye Hers = Anye
Tari tomapu ( 1st person plural ) : Ours = Waminaye
Mai krama tomapu ( 2nd person plural ) : Yours = Ominaye
Trei krama tomapu ( 3rd person plural ) : Theirs = Inaye
3. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
Tari gborubo (1st person singular) : Myself = I bu or A b'rana / Yeri b'rana
NB: [ I bu ] is used as an object
e.g I have wounded myself = A ye ke I bu lamate
e.g I give myself to you = Ar' I bu ke I p'rim
NB: [ Yeri b'rana ] [ A b'rana ] are used as subjects
Mai krama gborubo (2nd person singular) : Yourself = I bu or ...
Trei krama gborubo ( 3rd person singular) : Himself = O bu or ... Herself = A bu or..
Tari tomapu ( 1st person plural ) : Ourselves = Wamina bu or...
Mai Krama tomapu ( 2nd person plural ) : Yourselves = Omina bu or Omini b'rana
Trei krama tomapu ( 3rd person plural) : Themselves = Ina bu or Ini b'rana
4. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
here = mianga or munju
there = anianga or aniju
this = mieme or mi
that = aneme or an
these = mina
those = ani
5. RELATIVE PRONOUNS
A relative pronoun points to or comes before a noun or pronoun.
They are : who whom whose what which that
e.g This is the man who helped. Here the word ' who' is related to the noun ' man ' which comes before it. NB: In the Kalabari language, these 6 forms are translated differently from their meanings as Interrogative Pronouns. They are all translated as [ te ]; t here are exemptions.
e.g This is the man who helped = Mee ani owibo be te b'rasua I p'ri bo ( be)
He does that which he likes = Aneme te O bele ye anee O mieari
6. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
anybody == bebo bebo a / an == gboru all = animgba
everybody == weni mamgba everything = yegoyegoye / yemamgba
each other == jumo jumo every time = saki mamgba
everytime == sakimamgba few times == bowa saki most times ==toma saki
nobody = gborubo so no time = gborusaki so nothing = gberiye so
one another == jumo jumo one thing == gberiye somebody = kini
sometime = ja saki something = ye some == ja
7. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
who? = tubo whom? = tubo whose? = tubo what? = tiye which? = to
how? = tobra when? = to saki where? = to anga why? = tiye gote
