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Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin illos (“those ones”). Akin to Spanish ellos and Portuguese eles.
Pronoun
ellos
- they (third-person plural masculine pronoun)
Synonyms
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin illos, from ille.
Pronoun
ellos m pl
- they (third-person plural masculine pronoun)
Catalan
Etymology
Variant of ells, perhaps produced by influence of Spanish ellos.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ellos
- (Northern, Alghero) they (masculine or mixed group)
Declension
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
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strong/subject
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weak (direct object)
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weak (indirect object)
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possessive
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| singular
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proclitic
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enclitic
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proclitic
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enclitic
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| 1st person
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jo, mi3
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em, m’
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-me, ’m
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em, m’
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-me, ’m
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meu
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| 1st person majestic1
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nós
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ens
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-nos, ’ns
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ens
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-nos, ’ns
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nostre
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| 2nd person
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tu
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et, t’
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-te, ’t
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et, t’
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-te, ’t
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teu
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| 2nd person formal1
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vós
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us
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-vos, -us
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us
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-vos, -us
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vostre
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| 2nd person very formal2
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vostè
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el, l’
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-lo, ’l
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li
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-li
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seu
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| 3rd person masculine
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ell
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el, l’
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-lo, ’l
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li
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-li
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seu
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| 3rd person feminine
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ella
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la, l’4
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-la
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li
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-li
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seu
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| 3rd person neuter
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ho
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-ho
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li
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-li
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seu
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| 3rd person reflexive
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si
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es, s’
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-se, ’s
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es, s’
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-se, ’s
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seu
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| plural
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| 1st person
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nosaltres
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ens
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-nos, ’ns
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ens
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-nos, ’ns
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nostre
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| 2nd person
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vosaltres
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us
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-vos, -us
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us
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-vos, -us
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vostre
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| 2nd person formal2
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vostès
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els
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-los, ’ls
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els
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-los, ’ls
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seu
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| 3rd person masculine
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ells
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els
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-los, ’ls
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els
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-los, ’ls
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seu
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| 3rd person feminine
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elles
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les
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-les
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els
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-los, ’ls
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seu
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| 3rd person reflexive
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si
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es, s’
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-se, ’s
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es, s’
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-se, ’s
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seu
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| adverbial
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| ablative/genitive
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en, n’
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-ne, ’n
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| locative
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hi
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-hi
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1) Behaves grammatically as plural.
2) Behaves grammatically as third person.
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3) Only as object of a preposition.
4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
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Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈeːllos/
Verb
ēllos
- third-person singular imperative of eallit
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin illos, from ille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈeʝos/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈeʎos/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈeʃos/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈeʒos/
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝos
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎos
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃos
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒos
Pronoun
ellos m pl (dative les)
- plural of él (“they, them”)
Usage notes
- Used subjectively and after prepositions; can refer to men, masculine nouns, groups of people or nouns of mixed gender, and (rarely) groups of neuter nouns.
Related terms
See also
Spanish personal pronouns
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
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