The Kalabari form (Kf) for Pronoun
is given as [Puronawụn] and defined in Kalabari below:
◙ Puronawụn anịẹ tomi kẹ ẹrẹ dima tẹ kẹ tombọ, anịanịa ye sịnar' ẹrẹ.
NB: Kalabari Pronouns are better written in capital letters weither at the beginning or middle
of a sentence.
Types Of Pronouns
1. Personal Pronouns
2. Possessive Pronouns
3. Reflexive Pronouns
4. Demonstrative Pronouns
5. Relative Pronouns
6. Indefinite Pronouns
7. Interrogative Pronouns
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
When used as Subject
1st person singular ( I ): Tarị gbọrụbọ = Yẹrị
or A
e.g I
am a Nigerian = Yẹrị Naịjiriabọ
I
have come back = A pịkịmabo tẹẹ
2nd person singular (you): Maị krama gbọrụbọ = Iyẹrị
or I
3rd person singular (he / she): Trẹị
krama gbọrụbọ >
He = Ori or O She = Arị
or A
1st person plural (we): Tarị tọmapụ =
Wamịnị or Wa
2nd person plural (you): Maị krama tọmapụ =
Omịnị or O
3rd person plural (they) :Trẹị krama tọmapụ
= Ini or In
When used as Object
1st person singular (me): Tarị gbọrụbọ = I
[falling tone]
e.g Give me that spoon = Anị ngajị mẹ kẹ I p'rị
2nd person singular (you) : Maị
krama gbọrụbọ
= I [rising tone]
3rd person singular (him, her): Trẹị krama gbọrụbọ >
Him = O Her = A
e.g Take it to him = Anị kẹ mu O p'rị
Go and tell her = Mu duko A p'rị
1st person plural (us): Tarị tọmapụ
= Wa
2nd person plural (you): Maị krama tọmapụ
= O [ rising tone]
3rd person plural (them): Trẹị krama tọmapụ =
In
e.g Go and pray for them = Mu tẹkẹ In p'rị
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
When used as Subject
1st person singular (my) : Tarị gbọrụbọ = I [falling tone]
2nd person singular (your): Mai krama gbọrụbọ = I
[rising tone]
3rd person singular (his / her) : Trẹị krama gbọrụbọ > His
= O Her = A
1st person plural (our) : Tari tọmapụ = Wamịna
2nd person plural (your) : Maị krama tọmapụ
= Omịna
3rd person plural (their) : Trẹị krama tọmapụ
= Ina
When used as Object
1st person singular (mine) : Tarị gbọrụbọ = Inye
[falling tone]
2nd person singular (yours) : Mai krama gbọrụbọ = Inye
[rising tone]
3rd person singular (his / hers) : Trẹị krama
tọmapụ >
His = Onye Hers = Anye
1st person plural (ours) : Tarị tọmapụ =
Wamịnanye
2nd person plural (yours) : Maị krama tọmapụ
= Omịnanye
3rd person plural (theirs) : Trẹị krama
tọmapụ = Inanye
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
1st person singular (myself) : Tarị gbọrụbọ = I bụ or A b'rana or Yẹrị
b'rana
NB: [ I bu ] is used as an object
e.g I have wounded myself = A ye kẹ I bụ lama tẹẹ
e.g I give myself to you = Ar' I bụ kẹ I p'riar'
NB: [ Yẹrị
b'rana ] and [ A b'rana ] are used as
subjects
2nd person singular (yourself) : Maị krama gbọrụbọ = I bụ or I
b'rana or Iyẹrị b'rana
3rd person singular (himself / herself) : Trẹị krama gbọrụbọ >
Himself = O bụ or Ori b'rana
Herself = A bụ or Arị b'rana
1st person plural (ourselves) Tarị tọmapụ = Wamịna
bụ or Wamịnị b'rana
2nd person plural (yourselves) : Maị Krama tọmapụ =
Omịna bụ or Omịnị b'rana
3rd person plural (themselves) : Trẹị krama tọmapụ
= Ina bụ or Ini b'rana
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 me.
Here the word 'who' is related to the noun 'man'
which comes before it.
NB: In the Kalabari language, these 6 forms can
be translated differently as: bee, maa, yee, tẹ depending on the noun.
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
a / an
all
anybody
each other
every time
everybody
everything
everytime
few times
most times
no time
nobody
nothing
one another
one thing
some
somebody
something
sometime
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
here
there
this
that
these
those
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
who
whom
whose
what
which
how
when
where
why
Please see Kalabari Dictionary for the translations
of these Indefinite,Demonstrative and Interrogative pronouns >>
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