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====Objects==== When the verb governs one or more objects, there is also an agreement between the object prefixes and the gender and number of their [[antecedent (grammar)|antecedents]]: * {{lang|lg|m'''mu'''nywa}} 'I drink it (''e.g.'' coffee)' ({{lang|lg|kaawa}} 'coffee', Class I singular) * {{lang|lg|n'''ga'''nywa}} 'I drink it (''e.g.'' water)' ({{lang|lg|amazzi}} 'water', Class IX plural) As with the subject prefix, the [[Grammatical person|third person]] prefixes also agree with their antecedents in [[grammatical person|person]]. The personal object prefixes are: * First person: singular {{lang|lg|n-}} 'me', plural {{lang|lg|tu-}} 'us' * Second person: singular {{lang|lg|ku-}} 'you (singular)', {{lang|lg|ba-}} 'you (plural)' * Third person: singular {{lang|lg|mu-}} 'him, her', {{lang|lg|ba-}} 'them (Class I)' For the impersonal [[Grammatical person|third person]] the object prefixes are: * Class I: singular {{lang|lg|mu-}}, plural {{lang|lg|ba-}} (''i.e.'' the third person prefixes shown directly above) * Class II: singular {{lang|lg|gu-}}, plural {{lang|lg|gi-}} * Class III: singular {{lang|lg|ta-}}, plural {{lang|lg|zi-}} * Class IV: singular {{lang|lg|ki-}}, plural {{lang|lg|bi-}} * Class V: singular {{lang|lg|li-}}, plural {{lang|lg|ga-}} * Class VI: singular {{lang|lg|ka-}}, plural {{lang|lg|bu-}} * Class VII: singular {{lang|lg|lu-}}, plural {{lang|lg|zi-}} * Class VIII: singular {{lang|lg|gu-}}, plural {{lang|lg|ga-}} * Class IX: singular {{lang|lg|ku-}}, plural {{lang|lg|ga-}} * Class X: {{lang|lg|tu-}} Note the similarity between each subject prefix and the corresponding object prefix: they are the same in all cases except Class I and the singular of Class III. Note also the correspondence between the object prefixes and the noun prefixes (see Nouns above): when every {{lang|lg|m-}} in the noun prefix is replaced by a {{lang|lg|g-}} in the object prefix, the only differences are in Classes I and III. The [[direct object]] prefix is usually inserted directly after the subject prefix: * {{lang|lg|nkiridde}} 'I have eaten it' ({{lang|lg|n-}} subject 'I' + {{lang|lg|ki-}} object 'it' + {{lang|lg|-ridde}} verb 'ate') The [[indirect object]] prefix comes after the direct object: * {{lang|lg|nkimuwadde}} 'I have given it to him' ({{lang|lg|n-}} subject 'I' + {{lang|lg|ki-}} object 'it' + {{lang|lg|mu-}} object '(to) him' + {{lang|lg|-wadde}} verb 'gave')
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