Pronouns After the Verb

Level 1

After the verb: m, gị, ya, anyị, unu, ha.

How It Works

Object	Example	Meaning
m	Ọ hụrụ m.	He or she saw me.
gị	Ada hụrụ gị.	Ada saw you.
ya	Ọ hụrụ ya.	He or she saw him, her or it.
anyị	Obi hụrụ anyị.	Obi saw us.
ha	Ada hụrụ ha.	Ada saw them.

Hụrụ is the past of hụ “see”. With a verb that has two objects, the person comes first: Nye m ego “give me money”.

The object pronoun is a separate word, written apart from the verb. The same forms also come right after a noun to show the owner: ụlọ ya is “his or her house”, with ya after the noun, and hụrụ ya is “saw him or her”, with ya after the verb.

Examples (5)

Ọ hụrụ m.
He or she saw me.
M comes right after the verb.
Ọ hụrụ ya.
He or she saw him, her or it.
Ya is the object form.
Ada hụrụ gị.
Ada saw you.
Gị follows the verb.
Obi hụrụ anyị.
Obi saw us.
Anyị is the same as the subject form.
Nye ha nri.
Give them food.
The person comes before the thing.

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Pronouns After the VerbLevel 1

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The same short forms come after the verb, so the subject pronouns come first.

Subject Pronouns
Know the subject pronouns, because the same short forms come after the verb: Ọ hụrụ m “he or she saw me”.
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