Paradigm Details:

Language: (nya) Chichewa.

Family:

System Type: None

Source: Bentley and Kulemeka (2001).

Comment: The forms listed are given the system of transcription adopted by Bentley and Kulemeka (2001). In addition, when functioning as possessives the forms below precede the possessed noun and are marked by a free morpheme that agrees with the possessed noun in number and gender (Bentley and Kulemeka 2001:14).

Pronoun Paradigm:

  A S O Poss.
1st (excl) Person Singular ine ine ine ine
1st (excl) Person Dual ife ife ife ife
1st (excl) Person Plural ife ife ife ife
1st (incl) Person Dual ife ife ife ife
1st (incl) Person Plural ife ife ife ife
2nd Person Singular iwe iwe iwe iwe
2nd Person Dual inu inu inu inu
2nd Person Plural inu inu inu inu
3rd Person Singular Gender 1 iye iye iye iye
3rd Person Singular Gender 2 iye iye iye iye
3rd Person Dual iwo iwo iwo iwo
3rd Person Plural iwo iwo iwo iwo