▁usage ▁of ▁the ▁third ▁person ▁singular ▁nr â ▁( not ▁to ▁be ▁confused ▁with ▁the ▁latter ▁nr â , ▁which ▁is ▁acting ▁as ▁a ▁subject ▁marker ▁for ▁the ▁optional ▁nom inal ▁subject ▁t oni ). ▁ ▁{ | ▁| ▁( 1 ) ▁|| nr â || fi || w ai || nr â || ton i ▁| - ▁| ▁|| 3 SG || go || al ready || SM || T ony ▁| - ▁| ▁|| col span = 6 | ▁' T ony ▁has ▁gone .' ▁( O sum i , ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁p .   3 9 ) ▁| } ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁third ▁person ▁pron oun ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁non - human ▁entities ▁( while ▁the ▁first ▁and ▁second ▁person ▁pron oun s ▁generally ▁only ▁refer ▁to ▁humans ), ▁speak ers ▁tend ▁to ▁use ▁it ▁in ▁its ▁singular ▁form ▁even ▁when ▁there ▁is ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁refer ent , ▁as ▁seen ▁below ▁( O sum i , ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁p .   3 9 ). ▁ ▁{ | ▁| ▁( 2 ) ▁|| nr â || h ô || nr â || m ê we ▁| - ▁| ▁|| 3 SG || sing || SM || bird ▁| - ▁| ▁|| col span = 6 | ▁' A ▁bird ▁( or ▁birds ) ▁sang .' ▁( O sum i , ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁p .   3 9 ) ▁| } ▁ ▁As ▁indicated ▁in ▁the ▁table ▁above