yoʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yo"

Chamorro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡zoʔ/

Pronoun

yoʼ

1. I, me

Usage notes

• yoʼ is used either as a subject of an intransitive verb or as an object of a transitive verb, while hu is used as a subject of a transitive verb.

  Gumupu yoʼ. ― I flew.

  Si Juan ha liʼeʼ yoʼ ― Juan saw me

• In transitive clauses with an indefinite object, yoʼ can be used as a subject.

  Manhatsa yoʼ lamasa ― I lifted a table

See also

Chamorro personal pronouns

hu-type pronouns
	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
1st person	hu	ta	in
2nd person	un	en
3rd person	ha	ma
yoʼ-type pronouns
	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
1st person	yoʼ	hit	ham
2nd person	hao	hamyo
3rd person	gueʼ	siha
emphatic pronouns
	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
1st person	guahu	hita	hami
2nd person	hagu	hamyo
3rd person	guiya	siha

References

• Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.