Possessives 1: Class 1 and 2 (people)

The Giriama word for my is -angu. The dash at the front means that there is something missing: in Giriama, the possessives - my, your, his... - have to agree with the noun. Each noun class has a different consonant which goes at the start.

Family

In this post, we will learn some of the Giriama words for family.