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Full table[edit]
Swahili personal pronouns
Number
|
Person
|
Class
|
Independent
|
Affirmative subject concord
|
Negative subject concord
|
Object concord
|
Relative
|
With na
|
With ndi-
|
With si-
|
Possessive
|
Singular |
First
|
m-
|
mimi
|
ni-
|
si-
|
-ni-
|
-ye
|
nami, na mimi
|
ndimi, ndiye
|
simi, siye
|
-angu
|
Second
|
wewe
|
u-
|
hu-
|
-ku-
|
nawe, na wewe
|
ndiwe, ndiye
|
siwe, siye
|
-ako
|
Third
|
yeye
|
a-, yu-
|
ha-, hayu-
|
-m-, -mw-, -mu-
|
naye, na yeye
|
ndiye
|
siye
|
-ake
|
m-
|
u-
|
hau-
|
-u-
|
-o
|
nao
|
ndio
|
sio
|
ma-
|
li-
|
hali-
|
-li-
|
-lo
|
nalo
|
ndilo
|
silo
|
ki-
|
ki-
|
haki-
|
-ki-
|
-cho
|
nacho
|
ndicho
|
sicho
|
n-
|
i-
|
hai-
|
-i-
|
-yo
|
nayo
|
ndiyo
|
siyo
|
u-
|
u-
|
hau-
|
-u-
|
-o
|
nao
|
ndio
|
sio
|
ku-
|
ku-
|
haku-
|
-ku-
|
-ko
|
nako
|
ndiko
|
siko
|
pa-
|
pa-
|
hapa
|
-pa-
|
-po
|
napo
|
ndipo
|
sipo
|
mu-
|
m-, mw-, mu-
|
ham-, hamw-, hamu-
|
-mu-
|
-mo
|
namo
|
ndimo
|
simo
|
Plural |
First
|
wa-
|
sisi
|
tu-
|
hatu-
|
-tu-
|
-o
|
nasi, na sisi
|
ndisi, ndio
|
sio
|
-etu
|
Second
|
ninyi
|
m-, mw-, mu-
|
ham-, hamw-, hamu-
|
-wa-
|
nanyi, na ninyi
|
ndinyi, ndio
|
sinyi, sio
|
-enu
|
Third
|
wao
|
wa-
|
hawa-
|
-wa-
|
nao
|
ndio
|
sio
|
-ao (animate), -ake (inanimate)
|
mi-
|
i-
|
hai-
|
-i-
|
-yo
|
nayo
|
ndiyo
|
siyo
|
ma-
|
ya-
|
haya-
|
-ya-
|
-yo
|
nayo
|
ndiyo
|
siyo
|
vi-
|
vi-
|
havi-
|
-vi-
|
-vyo
|
navyo
|
ndivyo
|
sivyo
|
n-
|
zi-
|
hazi-
|
-zi-
|
-zo
|
nazo
|
ndizo
|
sizo
|
I/II table[edit]
Number
|
Person
|
Independent
|
Subject concord
|
Object concord
|
Combined forms
|
Possessive
|
affirmative
|
negative
|
na
|
ndi-
|
si-
|
Singular |
First
|
mimi
|
ni-
|
si-
|
-ni-
|
nami, na mimi
|
ndimi, ndiye
|
simi, siye
|
-angu
|
Second
|
wewe
|
u-
|
hu-
|
-ku-
|
nawe, na wewe
|
ndiwe, ndiye
|
siwe, siye
|
-ako
|
Third
|
yeye
|
a-, yu-
|
ha-, hayu-
|
-m-, -mw-, -mu-
|
naye, na yeye
|
ndiye
|
siye
|
-ake
|
Plural |
First
|
sisi
|
tu-
|
hatu-
|
-tu-
|
nasi, na sisi
|
ndisi, ndio
|
sio
|
-etu
|
Second
|
ninyi
|
m-, mw-, mu-
|
ham-, hamw-, hamu-
|
-wa-
|
nanyi, na ninyi
|
ndinyi, ndio
|
sinyi, sio
|
-enu
|
Third
|
wao
|
wa-
|
hawa-
|
-wa-
|
nao
|
ndio
|
sio
|
-ao
|
For a full table including other classes, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.
|
Other classes[edit]
Swahili verbal concords (third person)
Na forms and the like[edit]