oun

See also: oûn, õun, Õun, and -oun

Yoruba

Etymology

Cognate with Igala òñwu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ò.ũ̄/

Pronoun

òun

  1. he/she/it (emphatic third-person singular personal pronoun)

Usage notes

òun is used in logophoric constructions:

  • Àkàndé sọ pé ó lọ ― Àkàndé said he/she/it went.
    • ó is not required to be the same person as Àkàndé
  • Àkàndé sọ pé òun lọ ― Àkàndé said he went.
    • òun refers to Àkàndé

See also
Affirmative subject pronouns
singular plural or honorific
1st person mo a
2nd person o ẹ
3rd person ó wọ́n
Negative subject pronouns
singular plural or honorific
1st person mi / n a
2nd person o ẹ
3rd person [pronoun dropped] wọn
Object pronouns
singular plural or honorific
1st person mi wa
2nd person ọ / ẹ yín
3rd person [preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ wọn
Note: except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.
Emphatic pronouns
singular plural or honorific
1st person èmi àwa
2nd person ìwọ ẹ̀yin
3rd person òun àwọn
Ijebu personal pronouns
Number Person Affirmative Subject Pronoun Negative Subject Pronoun Emphatic Pronoun Possessive Pronoun Object Pronoun Possessive Determiner Reflexive Pronoun
SingularFirst mo mí èmi tèmi mi ara mi
Second wo wé ùwọ tiẹ ẹ ara ẹ
Third ó, é [pronoun dropped] òwun, òun tiẹ̀ ẹ̀ ara ẹ̀
Plural and HonorificFirst a á àwa tẹni ẹni ara ẹni
Second wẹn wẹ́n ẹ̀wẹn tiwẹn wẹn ara wẹn
Third wọ́n ọ̀wọn tiwọn wọn ara wọn
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