aken Sense pron English Me (1st pers. sing. non-focused direct or indirect object pronoun). Example sentence Tagbanwa Si Juan i timniḱul it aken. English It was Juan who hit me. Example sentence Tagbanwa Isugid mu it aken... English Tell (it to) me. Example sentence Tagbanwa Wa'wa' pa' it aken si Bilín. English Bilin is younger than me. Sense possessive pron. English Mine. Example sentence Tagbanwa Aken bayán! English Thatś mine! poss. adj English My. Grammar Aken plus ligature nga is used when the poss. adj. precedes the noun phrase. If it follows it, then ku is used. Aken nga balay (Balay ku). My house. v Affixes ma- English To become mine. Example sentence Tagbanwa Na'aken yan ka ipiyasubli ni Apu'. English That became mine because Grandfather caused it to be inherited (by me). Sense pron akuy aken English I myself, as for me. Example sentence Tagbanwa Manimbak akuy aken. English As for me, I'm going spearfishing. See alsoaku