tufala
Bislama
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtufala/
- Hyphenation: tu‧fa‧la
See also
Bislama personal pronouns
| singular | dual | trial | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | exclusive | mi | mitufala | mitrifala | mifala |
| inclusive | — | yumitu, yumitufala | yumitrifala | yumi | |
| 2nd person | yu | yutufala | yutrifala | yufala | |
| 3rd person | neutral | hem, em | tufala | trifala | ol1), olgeta |
| collective | — | tugeta | trigeta | — | |
| 1) Used only as an object of a preposition or a verb. *) Some speakers may not distinguish various plurality categories, using only one or two plural pronouns. **) The collective pronouns specify that the action is performed by all subjects together, rather than on their own. | |||||
References
- Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 46
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