oun

See also: oûn, õun, Õun, and -oun

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key): /ũ/

Letter

oun (upper case Oun)

1. A letter of the Haitian Creole alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Yoruba

Etymology

Cognate with Igala òñwu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.ũ̄/

Pronoun

òun

1. he/she/it (emphatic third-person singular personal pronoun)

Usage notes

òun is used in logophoric constructions:

• Àkàndé sọ pé ó lọ ― Àkàndé said he/she/it went.
  • ó is not required to be the same person as Àkàndé

• Àkàndé sọ pé òun lọ ― Àkàndé said he went.
  • òun refers to Àkàndé

See also

Affirmative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mo	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	ó	wọ́n

Negative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi / n	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	[pronoun dropped]	wọn

Object pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi	wa
2nd person	ọ / ẹ	yín
3rd person	[preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀	wọn

Note: except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

Emphatic pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	èmi	àwa
2nd person	ìwọ	ẹ̀yin
3rd person	òun	àwọn

Ijebu personal pronouns

Number	Person	Affirmative Subject Pronoun	Negative Subject Pronoun	Emphatic Pronoun	Possessive Pronoun	Object Pronoun	Possessive Determiner	Reflexive Pronoun
Singular	First	mo	mí	èmi	tèmi	mi		ara mi
	Second	wo	wé	ùwọ	tiẹ	ẹ		ara ẹ
	Third	ó, é	[pronoun dropped]	òwun, òun	tiẹ̀	ẹ̀		ara ẹ̀
Plural and Honorific	First	a	á	àwa	tẹni	ẹni		ara ẹni
	Second	wẹn	wẹ́n	ẹ̀wẹn	tiwẹn	wẹn		ara wẹn
	Third	wọ́n		ọ̀wọn	tiwọn	wọn		ara wọn