yoʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yo"

Chamorro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡zoʔ/

Pronoun

yoʼ

1. I, me

Usage notes

• yoʼ is used either as a subject of an intransitive verb or as an object of a transitive verb (absolutive), while hu is used as a subject of a transitive verb (ergative).

  Gumupu yoʼ. ― I flew.

  Si Juan ha liʼeʼ yoʼ ― Juan saw me

• In transitive clauses with an indefinite object, yoʼ can be used as a subject.

  Manhatsa yoʼ lamasa ― I lifted a table

See also

Chamorro personal pronouns

	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
hu-type pronouns
1st person	hu	ta	in
2nd person	un	en
3rd person	ha	ma
yoʼ-type pronouns
1st person	yoʼ	hit	ham
2nd person	hao	hamyo
3rd person	gueʼ	siha
emphatic pronouns
1st person	guahu	hita	hami
2nd person	hagu	hamyo
3rd person	guiya	siha

References

• Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Lashi

Pronunciation

• (Waingmaw) IPA^(key): [jɔʔ˥˩]
• (Chipwe) IPA^(key): [jɔʔ˥˥]
• (Mongko) IPA^(key): [jɔ˥˥]
• Hyphenation: yoʼ

Postposition

yoʼ

1. and, with
   • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 1:1 [Genesis 1:1]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎^[2], page 2:

     Xang꞉ shiˮ moo Mangsoo gi mougkhung꞉ yoʼ myidjang ri phainˮ so꞉ toˮ.

     First, God created heaven and earth.

References

• Qingxia Dai, Jie Li (2007) 勒期语研究 [The study of the Leqi language], Beijing: Central Institute for Nationalities Publishing House, →ISBN, page 328
• Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎^[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 26
• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 24
• Hideo Sawada (2024) “Differences between ‘Lacid’ and ‘Leqi’”, in Grammatical Phenomena of Sino-Tibetan Languages, volume 6, pages 33-54