Here the pronoun is i, or, before a vowel, y. R and L are interchangeable; the verb ‘to be’ is usually li after a and u, ri after i.
Another class is thus exemplified:
| Chiko | chánga | chabwino | chi-dza-sweka. |
| Gourd | my | good | it will be broken. |
In the plural:
Ziko zanga zabwino zidzasweka.
Yao
| Lu-peta | a-lu | lu-li | lu-angu | ngunu-lu-jasika, | lu-enu | ’lu-la lu-jasiche. |
| Basket | this | is | mine | not it is lost | yours | that is lost. |
Here the prefix is lu.
(‘This basket is mine, it is not lost; yours is lost.’)