Re: Demonstratives & 3rd Person Pronouns (Was: English They)

>Swahili does have 3 personal pronouns: 1: mimi/sisi, 2: wewe/ninyi,
>3: yeye/wao.  There is no distinction of gender, but the 3rd person
>pl. cannot be used of things, only of people.  They are mainly used
>for emphasis or contrast, the personal prefix on the verb being
>enough.
>
>nilisoma, I read
>ulisoma, you read
>alisoma, he read
>tulisoma, we read
>mlisoma, you read
>walisoma, they read
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Okay... guess I was wrong about that one. :) I did learn some Swahili a
while ago, but it was a long time now... sometimes its difficult to
remember. :)