The wonderful thing about subject and object pronouns in Kweyol is that there is hardly any difference between the two, except with the 3rd person singular. The subject pronoun "I" (pronounced "ee") becomes "li" as an object pronoun. Here are some examples of subject and object pronouns in a complete sentence.
Subject pronouns Mwen enmen chanté. I love to dance. Ou sa vini pli ta. You can come later. I ban mwen mango-a. He gave me the mango. Object pronouns Chofè-a èspéyé nou. The driver waited for us. Mwen kay édé zòt. I will help you all. I palé ba yo. She spoke to them. When a verb ends with a vowel sound or nasal sound, the verb and the pronoun “ou” are contracted using ‘w. I can’t take you with me. M’a sa mennen’w épi mwen. (mennen + ou) We will help you. Nou kay édé’w. (édé + ou) The same applies with the pronoun “li”. It is contracted using ‘y. He ate it. I manjé’y. (manjé + li) We deceived him. Nou kwennen’y. (kwennen + li) |