uwẹ

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ùwọ (SEY, CY)
• ìwọ
• ùwe (Èkìtì)

Etymology

Cognate with Igala ùwẹ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊ̀.wɛ̄/

Pronoun

ùwẹ

1. (Ekiti) you (emphatic second-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Affirmative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mọ / mo / me / mẹ / mi	à
2nd person	ọ / wo / wọ / we / wẹ	ìn
3rd person	ẹ̀ / è	ọn

Note: When negating the second person and third person plural pronoun, the subject pronoun ìn shifts to ín and ọn shifts to ọ́n.

Negative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	è / ẹ̀ / ì / ọ̀ / ra	à
2nd person	è / ẹ̀ / ò / ọ̀ / ra	ìn
3rd person	è	ọ́n

Note: The è negative subject pronoun serves as the standard negation marker, but in accordance with vowel harmony, it changes to a negation of the ending letter of the pronoun (ex. in sentences with the pronoun mẹ, è shifts to ẹ̀). All negative subjection pronouns (with exception of ra) are in the low tone.Assimilation occurs between the negative pronouns, such that the negative marker assimilates the feature of the vowels of the pronouns.

Object pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mí	a
2nd person	ọ	ín
3rd person	un	ọn

Note: except for ín, 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	ìa
2nd person	ùọ / ùwe / ùwẹ	ìn-in
3rd person	òun	ìn-ọn