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English
Noun
ells
- plural of ell
1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin illōs, accusative masculine plural of ille.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ells
- 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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