Grammar: The long subject pronouns

Usually the long form subject pronoun goes with the progressive verb form: Examples: Mido jangude I’m stuying Himo ñaamude He / She is eating Hiden yahude we are going In the sentence: Examples: Mido mari kotiraawo I have a brother, the verb is “marugol” (to have) In this case Mari is the stative form: Structure: Long form subject pronoun + radical of the verb + -i in the active voice. Uses of the pronouns The long form subject pronouns are used always in: - The affirmative form with all verbs - In the progressive form - With the stative verbs Here are the long form subject pronouns: Singular: 1st pers. Mido ..........................I 2nd pers. Hida ..........................You 3rd pers. Himo ........................He / She Plural: 1st pers. Hiden / Meden ............We (incl.) / (excl) 2nd pers. Hiden .........................You 3rd pers. Hibe ..........................They *“Marugol” is an active verb meaning “to have” or “to own” *”Jogagol” is a stative verb meaning “to have” or “to hold” Marugol To have Mido mari I have Hida mari You have Himo mari He / She has Hiden mari We have (incl.) Meden mari We have (excl.) Hidon mari You have Hibe mari They have -Negative of the verbs of possession or existence: Ala / Mara Ala or Mara is one form of the negative for verbs of possession or existence. N.B: Note that for the negative the short subject pronouns are always used instead of the long ones Examples: Mi ala jaaja I don’t have a sister Mi mara I don’t have a sister