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Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan nostro.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nostro (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostros, feminine plural nostres)
- (Eastern dialectal, Balearic, Alghero) our, ours
Usage notes
- When preceding a noun, the pronoun nostro is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.
This form is found in Balearic, Algherese, and some Eastern dialects.
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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References
- “nostro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Istriot
Etymology
From Latin noster, nostrum.
Adjective
nostro m sg (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostri, feminine plural nostre)
- our
Pronoun
nostro
- our, ours
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
From Latin nostrum, from Proto-Italic *nosteros.
Pronunciation
Determiner
nostro (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostri, feminine plural nostre)
- (possessive) our
- i nostri figli ― our children
- le nostre macchine ― our cars
- Cosa Nostra ― the Mafia
- nostro padre ― our father
- (possessive) of ours
- questo nostro parente ― this relative of ours
- (emphatic) our own
- nostro proprio bambino ― our own baby
Pronoun
nostro (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostri, feminine plural nostre)
- ours
- questa penna è nostra ― this pen is ours
Usage notes
- The use or non-use of the definite article in conjunction with the determiner and possessive pronoun is the same as for mio; see the usage note there.
Noun
nostro m (plural nostri)
- ours, our own
- (in the plural) our possessions, friends, relatives etc.
See also
Anagrams
Latin
Pronoun
nostrō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of noster
Old French
Pronoun
nostro m
- (very early Old French) Alternative form of nostre
Usage notes
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin nostrum, accusative of noster (“our”).
Pronunciation
- (Galicia) IPA(key): /ˈnɔs̺.tɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈnɔs̺.tɾʊ/
Pronoun
nostro m
- (formal, Christianity) First-person possessive pronoun. Our
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- madre de deus noſtro ſennor
- Mother of God, our Lord
Usage notes
- only used in the expression "Nostro Senhor" (“Our Lord”)
Synonyms
Descendants
- Galician: nostro (dialectal, proscribed)