bann-la

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French bande (“group of people”) + -la, from French la (“the”): the group of people.

Pronoun

bann-la

1. they, them (third-person plural personal pronoun)

Usage notes

Generally, zot is used instead unless there could be confusion as to which sense of zot is meant.

See also

Mauritian Creole personal pronouns

			singular	plural
1st person			mo mwa (objective)	nou
2nd person			to (informal), ou (formal) twa (objective)	zot
3rd person			li	zot, bann-la