Video 2a: personal pronouns (8:35)
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GRAMMAR NOTE:
English has 2 categories of personal pronouns:
Subject pronouns (the actor in a sentence): I, you, he, she, it, us, they, or neo subject pronouns like ze or ey. “You eat the bread.”
Object pronouns (who receives the action in a sentence): me, you, him, her, it, us, them, or neo object pronouns like zir or em. “The wind hit them.”
When people list their pronouns in English, they are listing the subject and object pronouns that are used when speaking about them in the third person: she/her, he/him, they/them, ze/zir, etc. nêhiyawêwin rarely uses pronouns at all compared to English because subject and object are indicated in verbal conjugations instead. However, the pronouns you learn here are the same in both subject and object usages when needed. (I/me, he/him, etc.) There are no gendered pronouns in nêhiyawêwin.
Video 2b: emphatic pronouns (3:58 min)
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