Tongan language
Possessive pronouns
The possessives for every person and number (1st person plural, 3rd person dual, etc.) can be further divided into normal or ordinary (light colour), emotional (medium colour) and emphatic (bright colour) forms.

Tongan language

Section Title: Possessive pronouns
Table Section Text: The possessives for every person and number (1st person plural, 3rd person dual, etc.) can be further divided into normal or ordinary (light colour), emotional (medium colour) and emphatic (bright colour) forms.

Possessive pronouns	definite or not	type	singular	dual	plural

alienable2,5	inalienable2,5	alienable2,5	inalienable2,5	alienable2,5	inalienable2,5

1st person (exclusive) (my, our)	definite	ordinary	heʻeku1	hoku	heʻema1	homa	heʻemau1	homau

indefinite	haʻaku	haku	haʻama	hama	haʻamau	hamau

definite	emotional	siʻeku	siʻoku	siʻema	siʻoma	siʻemau	siʻomau

indefinite	siʻaku	siʻaku	siʻama	siʻama	siʻamau	siʻamau

emphatic3	haʻaku	hoʻoku	haʻamaua	hoʻomaua	haʻamautolu	hoʻomautolu

1st person (inclusive)4 (my, our)	definite	ordinary	heʻete1	hoto	heʻeta1	hota	heʻetau1	hotau

indefinite	haʻate	hato	haʻata	hata	haʻatau	hatau

definite	emotional	siʻete	siʻoto	siʻeta	siʻota	siʻetau	siʻotau

indefinite	siʻate	siʻato	siʻata	siʻata	siʻatau	siʻatau

emphatic3	haʻata	hoʻota	haʻataua	hoʻotaua	haʻatautolu	hoʻotautolu

2nd person (your)	definite	ordinary	hoʻo	ho	hoʻomo	homo	hoʻomou	homou

indefinite	haʻo	hao	haʻamo	hamo	haʻamou	hamou

definite	emotional	siʻo	siʻo	siʻomo	siʻomo	siʻomou	siʻomou

indefinite	siʻao	siʻao	siʻamo	siʻamo	siʻamou	siʻamou

emphatic3	haʻau	hoʻou	haʻamoua	hoʻomoua	haʻamoutolu	hoʻomoutolu

3rd person (his, her, its, their)	definite	ordinary	heʻene1	hono	heʻena1	hona	heʻenau1	honau

indefinite	haʻane	hano	haʻana	hana	haʻanau	hanau

definite	emotional	siʻene	siʻono	siʻena	siʻona	siʻenau	siʻonau

indefinite	siʻane	siʻano	siʻana	siʻana	siʻanau	siʻanau

emphatic3	haʻana	hoʻona	haʻanaua	hoʻonaua	haʻanautolu	hoʻonautolu

Sentence(s)

The Tongan language distinguishes three numbers: singular, dual, and plural.

final_sentence: The Tongan language distinguishes three numbers: singular, dual, and plural.