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oun in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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oun, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ũ/
Letter
oun (upper case Oun)
- A letter of the Haitian Creole alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Yoruba
Etymology
Cognate with Igala òñwu
Pronunciation
Pronoun
òun
- he/she/it (emphatic third-person singular personal pronoun)
Usage notes
òun is used in logophoric constructions:
- Àkàndé sọ pé ó lọ ― Àkàndé said he/she/it went.
- ó is not required to be the same person as Àkàndé
- Àkàndé sọ pé òun lọ ― Àkàndé said he went.
See also
Affirmative subject pronouns
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singular
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plural or honorific
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| 1st person
|
mo
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a
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| 2nd person
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o
|
ẹ
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| 3rd person
|
ó
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wọ́n
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Negative subject pronouns
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singular
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plural or honorific
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| 1st person
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mi / n
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a
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| 2nd person
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o
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ẹ
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| 3rd person
|
|
wọn
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Object pronouns
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singular
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plural or honorific
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| 1st person
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mi
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wa
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| 2nd person
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ọ / ẹ
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yín
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| 3rd person
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/ ẹ̀
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wọn
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Note: except for
yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.