tufala

Bislama

Etymology

From tu (“two”) +‎ -fala. Cognate with Tok Pisin tupela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtufala/
• Hyphenation: tu‧fa‧la

Pronoun

tufala

1. the two of them

See also

Bislama personal pronouns

		singular	dual	trial	plural
1st person	exclusive	mi	mitufala	mitrifala	mifala
	inclusive	—	yumitu, yumitufala	yumitrifala	yumi
2nd person		yu	yutufala	yutrifala	yufala
3rd person	neutral	hem, em	tufala	trifala	ol1, olgeta
	collective2	—	tugeta	trigeta	—

¹ Used only as an object of a preposition or a verb.
² The collective pronouns specify that the action is performed by all subjects together, rather than on their own.
Some speakers may not distinguish various plurality categories, using only one or two plural pronouns.

References

• Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 46