KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS: TOPIC SEVEN. PERSONAL PRONOUNS

Personal pronouns are six in numbers in Kiswahili language. In singular you have three and in plural you have three, two in each category, you have the first person, second and third.

Example.

With the first person singular you have “Mimi” that is equivalent to “I” in English.

The second person singular “wewe” that is equivalent to “you” in English.

And third person singular you have “yeye” that stands for “he” or “she” or it in English.

On another hand you have “sisi” as first person plurar that is equivalent to “we” in English.

Then you have “Ninyi” as second person plural that is equivalent to “you” in English

And you have “wao” as third person plural that is equivalent to “they”

Kiswahili pronoun/English pronoun

(Singular)

First person pronoun singular                       Mimi                   I

Second person pronoun singular.                 Wewe                You

Third person pronoun singular.                      Yeye                He or she or it

(Plural)

First person plural.                                            Sisi                     We

Second person plural.                                       Ninyi                  You

Third person plural.                                           Wao                  They

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