wọn

Yoruba

Alternative forms

rin-ọn, rọn (Èkìtì, Ìjẹ̀ṣà)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wɔ̃́/

Pronoun

wọ́n

they (third-person plural or honorific personal pronoun)

See also

Affirmative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mo	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	ó	wọ́n

Negative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi / n	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	[pronoun dropped]	wọn

Object pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi	wa
2nd person	ọ / ẹ	yín
3rd person	[preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀	wọn

Note: except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

Emphatic pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	èmi	àwa
2nd person	ìwọ	ẹ̀yin
3rd person	òun	àwọn

Determiner

wọn

their (third-person plural or honorific possessive pronoun)

See also

Yoruba possessive pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi	wa
2nd person	(r)ẹ	yín
3rd person	(r)ẹ̀	wọn

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wɔ̃́/

Verb

wọ́n

to be expensive
Iṣu ti wọ́n jù ― Yam is too expensive
to be rare
Synonym: ṣọ̀wọ́n

Derived terms

ọ̀wọ́n
ọ̀wọ́ngógó (“scarcity”)
ṣọ̀wọ́n (“to be rare”)

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