oi
Example from Scripture
a namo bona dika idibalaidia auna huahuana una mo basio ania; badina be ia bavania dinana ai oi na ba mase vaitani.
but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
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1 commentSecond person singular subject pronoun. Used when addressing one person. Often followed by subject marker "na": "oi na" (you are, 475×), or agent marker "ese": "oi ese" (you did, 370×). Common body terms follow: "oi vairamu" (before you, 101×), "oi imamu" (your hand, 70×), "oi ladamu" (your name, 70×). Contrasts with "umui" (you plural). Possessive form is "emu" (your). Pronoun paradigm: lau (I), oi (you-sg), ia (he/she), ai (we), umui (you-pl), idia (they).
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