How to use personal pronouns in Swahili

How to use personal pronouns in Swahili

You want to learn how to use Swahili personal pronouns? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Swahili lessons complete with useful examples. I, you, he, she... we explain all you need to know about Swahili personal pronouns in bite-size lessons.

Swahili personal pronouns : I

A personal pronoun is what we call the English words 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'we' and 'they'. Just like English, Swahili has a set of personal pronouns. The English word 'I' is a pronoun in the first person singular. The Swahili word for 'I' is 'mimi'.

Examples

si mimi
not me
na mimi ?
and me ?
mimi tu
just me
mimi wala
me neither
mimi
I
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Step 2 : Swahili personal pronouns

Personal pronouns are what we call the words I, you, he, she, we and they. Learning personal pronouns is important in Swahili, but you don't need to learn them all at once. Focus instead on just three Swahili personal pronouns to get started. We suggest that you learn mimi, wewe and wao (I, you, they). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Swahili personal pronouns including useful examples. Learn the three Swahili personal pronouns mimi, wewe and wao by heart and then move on to Step 3 (the indefinite article in Swahili).

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