Pronouns in Kenybek

Pronouns in Kenybek are very similar to those in English, there are two types (normal and target) and an even simpler way to form possessives than in English. A quick example of word order in Kenybek is the translation of "I Speak English", "Jé parlà Ingliçin". "Jé" is "I", "parlà" is "to speak" in the present tense and "Ingliçin" is "English" as a target. So, lets break these down with a list of the normal class of pronouns:

• 1st Singular, I: Jé
• 2nd Singular, You: Tu
• 3rd Singular, He/She/It: Il
• 1st Plural, We: Nou
• 2nd Plural, Y'all/You all: Vu
• 3rd Plural, They: Vé

Now, explaining a class system to native English speakers is always a bit difficult. The different between the words "I" and "Me", "I" is the normal class and "me" is the target, as it's on the receiving end of the verb. All nouns in Kenybek are inflected for the normal/target classes, and pronouns are as well. Here is a list of the target pronouns:

• 1st Singular, Me: Mi
• 2nd Singular, You: Té
• 3rd Singular, He/She/It: Ile
• 1st Plural, We: Noun
• 2nd Plural, Y'all/You all: Vun
• 3rd Plural, They: Vén

The final topic of this post is possessives, and unlike English, they only take one form. In English you have both "my" and "mine", "your" and "yours", but in Kenybek we only have to place "à jé/tu/il/nou/vu/vé". So, "My friend" is "Amic à jé", "Your food" is "Kom à tu".