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Pronouns

Louisiana Creole pronouns are simpler than in French — there is no grammatical gender in personal pronouns. Subject, object, and possessive forms are separate. Click the Listen button next to any pronoun to hear its pronunciation.

Subjective pronouns

PersonEnglishCreoleAudio
First personImo
Second personyouto
Third personhe, she, itli, çaLouisiana Creole does not distinguish gender.
1st pluralweno, nou, nouzòt
2nd pluralyou allvos, vouzòt
3rd pluralthey

Objective pronouns

PersonEnglishCreoleAudio
First personme
Second personyoutwa
Third personhim, her, itli
1st pluralusnouzòt, nou, zòt
2nd pluralyou allvou, vouzòt
3rd pluralthem

Possessive pronouns

PersonEnglishCreoleAudio
First personminemokin/mochin (m); makènn/mochènn (f)
Second personyourstokin/tochin; tokènn/tochènn
Third personhis, hers, itssokin/sochin; sokènn/sochènn
1st pluraloursnokin/nochin; nokènn/nochènn
2nd pluralyoursvokin/vochin; vokènn/vochènn
3rd pluraltheirsyékin/yéchin; yékènn/yéchènn

Reflexive pronouns

PersonEnglishCreoleAudio
First personmyselfmo-mèmm
Second personyourselfto-mèmm
Third personhimself/herself/itselfli-mèmm
1st pluralourselvesnou-mèmm
2nd pluralyourselvesvou-mèmm
3rd pluralthemselvesyé-mèmm

Possessive adjectives

PersonEnglishCreoleAudio
First personmymô (m); mâ (f)
Second personyourtô; tâ
Third personhis, her, itssô / nô / zòt
1st pluralournô / nouzôt / zòt
2nd pluralyourvô / vôt / zòt

Demonstrative pronouns

PersonEnglishCreoleAudio
Singularthisçe, -çilá
Singularthat-ça, lá
Pluralthese-çê, -ca-yé
Pluralthose-çála, -lála

Note on demonstratives

Demonstratives can be pronominal (used before a noun) or hyphenated-postnominal(used after the noun). Context and speaker preference determine which form is used.