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kika olelo - lesson five

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Personal Pronouns
(inclusive includes you (the speaker) and the person(s) you're speaking to, and exclusive means you and someone else/you and other people)

                Sing.  Dual   Plural
1st Person       lii    kai`i   kat     inclusive
                       thai`i  that    exclusive
2nd Person       oya   mai     mat
3rd Person       ta    tai     tat   
                

`a
`a is a suffix meaning "with the intent to please", and is usually used under the same circumstances that lela terms are. There are also many words with idiomatic meanings that use it, and some common slang and words (such as ora`a, chocolate, Literally "food with the intent to please") , so you should be aware of it.

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