em

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English him.

Pronoun

em

1. The third person singular pronoun refers to a person or thing other than the speaker or the person being spoken to. Pronouns in Tok Pisin are not inflected for different cases.
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:

     God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.

     →New International Version translation

8 Planti yia bihain wanpela nupela king i kamap na em i bosim ol Isip. Dispela king i no save long Josep. 9 Na king i tokim ol manmeri bilong en olsem, “Ol Israel i gat planti manmeri na strong bilong ol i winim strong bilong yumi. 10 Sapos pait i kirap, ating bai ol i bung wantaim ol birua bilong yumi na pait long yumi, na ol bai i lusim kantri bilong yumi na ranawe. Olsem na yumi mas painim wanpela rot bilong pasim ol bai ol i no ken kamap planti tumas.”

Derived terms

• em tasol

Related terms

• -im

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See also

Tok Pisin personal pronouns

			singular	dual	trial	plural
1st person			mi	mitupela (exclusive) yumitupela (inclusive)	mitripela (exclusive) yumitripela (inclusive)	mipela (exclusive) yumipela, yumi (inclusive)
2nd person			yu	yutupela	yutripela	yupela
3rd person			em	tupela	tripela	ol

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