FromLatinillos(“those ones”). Akin toSpanishellos andPortugueseeles.
ellos
Variant ofells, perhaps produced by influence ofSpanishellos.
ellos
strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive | |||||
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proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | |||||
singular | 1st person | standard | jo,mi3 | em,m’ | -me,’m | em,m’ | -me,’m | meu |
majestic1 | nós | ens | -nos,’ns | ens | -nos,’ns | nostre | ||
2nd person | standard | tu | et,t’ | -te,’t | et,t’ | -te,’t | teu | |
formal1 | vós | us | -vos,-us | us | -vos,-us | vostre | ||
very formal2 | vostè | el,l’ | -lo,’l | li | -li | seu | ||
3rd person | m | ell | el,l’ | -lo,’l | li | -li | seu | |
f | ella | la,l’4 | -la | li | -li | seu | ||
n | ho | -ho | li | -li | seu | |||
plural | ||||||||
1st person | nosaltres | ens | -nos,’ns | ens | -nos,’ns | nostre | ||
2nd person | standard | vosaltres | us | -vos,-us | us | -vos,-us | vostre | |
formal2 | vostès | els | -los,’ls | els | -los,’ls | seu | ||
3rd person | m | ells | els | -los,’ls | els | -los,’ls | seu | |
f | elles | les | -les | els | -los,’ls | seu | ||
3rd person reflexive | si | es,s’ | -se,’s | es,s’ | -se,’s | seu | ||
adverbial | ablative/genitive | en,n’ | -ne,’n | |||||
locative | hi | -hi |
1 Behaves grammatically as plural. 2 Behaves grammatically as third person.
3 Only as object of a preposition. 4 Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
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nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
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first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
voseo | vos | vos | |||||
formal3 | usted | le,se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
formal/general3 | ustedes | les,se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le,se4 | lo | él | |
feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
neuter | ello7 | lo | ello | ||||
plural | masculine2 | ellos | les,se4 | los | ellos | ||
feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
reflexive | — | se | sí1 |