Pronoun Paradigm: Tsafiki
Paradigm Details:
Family:
System Type: None
Source: Dickinson (2002).
Comment: in is a speaker's proximity mark and emphatically; ya is a speaker's proximity mark but not an emphatically; jun and jaa are distal forms. The possessor comes before the possessed. čike/ če are feminine form of the 1st person dual and plural.
Pronoun Paradigm:
| A | S | O | Poss. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (excl) Person Singular | la | la | laka | lachi |
| 1st (excl) Person Dual | chikela, chila | chikela, chila | chikelaka, chilaka | chilachi |
| 1st (excl) Person Plural | chikela, chila | chikela, chila | chikelaka, chilaka | chilachi |
| 1st (incl) Person Dual | chikela, chila | chikela, chila | chikelaka, chilaka | chlachi |
| 1st (incl) Person Plural | chikela, chila | chikela, chila | chikelaka, chilaka | chilachi |
| 2nd Person Singular | nu | nu | nuka | nuchi |
| 2nd Person Dual | nula | nula | nulaka | nulachi |
| 2nd Person Plural | nula | nula | nulaka | nulachi |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 1 | in, ya, jun, jaa | in, ya, jun, jaa | inka, yaka, junka, jaaka | inchi, yachi, junchi, jaachi |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 2 | in, ya, jun, jaa | in, ya, jun, jaa | inka, yaka, junka, jaaka | inchi, yachi, junchi, jaachi |
| 3rd Person Dual | inla, yala, junla, jaala | inla, yala, junla, jaala | inlaka, yalaka, junlaka, jaalaka | inlachi, yalachi, junlachi, jaalachi |
| 3rd Person Plural | inla, yala, junla, jaala | inla, yala, junla, jaala | inlaka, yalaka, junlaka, jaalaka | inlachi, yalachi, junlachi, jaalachi |