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==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ||
Pronouns in Bajan Creole do not diverge too far from Standard English, but there are differences. As with other similar creoles, Bajan does not differentiate subject and object pronouns, nor possessive pronouns, except in the case of the first person singular. Another difference is the word for the plural '''you''', which is ''wunna'', similar to the Jamaican word ''unnu'' / ''unna'' or Bahamian ''yinna''. Here is a list of pronouns in Bajan creole: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! colspan="2" | Singular !!!! colspan="2" | Plural | |||
|- align="center" | |||
! Bajan !! Standard !!!! Bajan !! Standard | |||
|- | |||
| I/me/my | |||
| I/me/my | |||
| | |||
| we | |||
| we/us/our | |||
|- | |||
| yuh | |||
| you/your | |||
| | |||
| wunna | |||
| you all/your | |||
|- | |||
| he<br>she<br>it | |||
| he/him/his<br>she/her<br>it/its | |||
| | |||
|dem | |||
|they/them/their | |||
|} | |||
The word "yuh" is interchangeably pronounced /ju/ or /jə/. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Bajan Creole," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajan_Creole#Pronouns, accessed 29 January 2021.</ref> | |||
==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ||