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Middle English
Etymology
From oure + -es.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
oures (nominative we)
- First-person plural possessive pronoun: ours, of us.
- Used determinatively when following the modified noun: our.
Synonyms
Descendants
See also
Middle English personal pronouns
|
|
nominative
|
accusative
|
dative
|
genitive
|
possessive
|
| singular
|
1st-person
|
I, ich, ik
|
me |
min
mi1 |
min
|
| 2nd-person
|
þou
|
þe |
þin
þi1 |
þin
|
| 3rd-person
|
m
|
he |
him
hine2 |
him |
his |
his
hisen
|
| f
|
sche, heo |
hire
heo
|
hire |
hire
hires, hiren
|
| n
|
hit |
hit
him2 |
his, hit |
—
|
| dual3
|
1st-person
|
wit
|
unk
|
unker
|
| 2nd-person
|
ȝit
|
inc
|
inker
|
| plural
|
1st-person
|
we
|
us, ous |
oure |
oure
oures, ouren
|
| 2nd-person4
|
ye
|
yow |
your |
your
youres, youren
|
| 3rd-person
|
inh.
|
he |
hem
he2 |
hem |
here |
here
heres, heren
|
| bor.
|
þei
|
þem, þeim |
þeir |
þeir
þeires, þeiren
|
1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
Portuguese
Verb
oures
- second-person singular present subjunctive of ourar