e2 he; she; hin; her; it; them (things and animals; not humans)

Part of Speech pron
Morphology e
Gloss 3SG.PRON
    • he; she; hin; her; it; them (things and animals; not humans)
      • grammar
      • Comment The non-topical 3rd person singular clitic pronoun functions as a non-topical subject and as an object, if the subject is a 1st or a 2nd person. It is written as a separate word or as a clitic. In object function it can refer to a plurality of inanimate objects and animals.
      • Example 1339:
        A nao a bebeahu to paku e.
        A long walk she did, ...
        Source: Mat 01E(Joy) 021
      • Example 1340:
        Ean re tasu nao e bona!
        Then you throw it at him!
        Source: Jen 01E(Eno) 069
      • Example 1341:
        O voi tenaa. Enaa paa nomau tea kasi e.
        The yam is mine. I have come to dig it.
        Source: Skae 01W 068-069
      • Example 1342:
        menaa paa hivi vagegeana e bono vaaporo.
        I asked him for the last time about the gun,
        Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 328
      • Example 1343:
        Amaa moroko bona to sa mararae haa ni roho e.
        These talks, he was not happy about them.
        Source: Joy 14W 047

Related entries

  • See also:
    • bona3 him; her; it
    • ee he; she it; him; her; them
    • eove he; she; it
    • eve he, she, it; they/these (non-human); them (non-human)
    • pakue make something
    • tasu2 throw something at somebody or something
    • vue2 him; her; he; she
    • arae we ... it
    • i1 him, her, it
    • kie1 for him or her; to him or her
    • mie1 with him or her
    • mie3 for the ...; with the ...
    • raarae we (including you) ... him, her, or it
    • =i1 he; she; it; him, her, it