FromLatinillae, feminine plural form ofille(“that”), fromOld Latinolle(“that”). Cognates includeItalianelle(“they”) andFrenchelles(“they”).
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| nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st person | eiu | mi | mè | ||
| 2nd person | tù | ti | tè | |||
| 3rd person | m | ellu | li | u,l' | ellu | |
| f | ella | a,l' | ella | |||
| plural | 1st person | noi | ci | noi | ||
| 2nd person | voi | vi | voi | |||
| 3rd person | m | elli | li | i,l' | elli | |
| f | elle | e,l' | elle | |||
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Inherited fromOld Frenchele, fromLatinilla, feminine ofille.
elle f (third-person singular,pluralelles,accusativela,dativelui,emphaticelle,possessive determinerson)
| number | person | gender | nominative (subject) | accusative (direct complement) | dative (indirect complement) | locative (at) | genitive (of) | disjunctive (tonic)1 | emphatic reflexive | relative | proximal | distal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | first | — | je,j’ | me,m’ | — | — | moi | moi-même | — | |||
| second | — | tu | te,t’ | — | — | toi | toi-même | — | ||||
| third | masculine | il2 | le,l’ | lui | y | en | lui | lui-même | celui | celui-ci | celui-là | |
| feminine | elle | la,l’ | elle | elle-même | celle | celle-ci | celle-là | |||||
| indeterminate | on3,l’on (formal),ce4,c’,ça | — | — | — | — | — | — | ce | ceci | cela,ça | ||
| reflexive | — | se,s’5 | — | — | soi | soi-même | — | |||||
| plural | first | — | nous | nous | — | — | nous | nous-mêmes | — | |||
| second6 | — | vous | vous | — | — | vous | vous-mêmes, vous-même6 | — | ||||
| third | masculine | ils7 | les | leur | y | en | eux7 | eux-mêmes7 | ceux | ceux-ci | ceux-là | |
| feminine | elles | elles | elles-mêmes | celles | celles-ci | celles-là | ||||||
1 The disjunctive (tonic) forms are also used after an explicit preposition (de/d’,à,pour,chez,dans,vers,sur,sous, ...), instead the accusative, dative, genitive, locative, or reflexive forms, where a preposition is implied.
2Il is also used as an impersonal nominative-only pronoun.
3On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms).
4 The nominal indeterminate formce (demonstrative) can also be used with the auxiliary verbêtre as a plural, instead of the proximal or distal gendered forms.
5 The reflexive third person singular forms (se ors’) for accusative or dative are also used as third person plural reflexive.
6Vous is also used as the polite singular form, in which case the plural disjunctive tonicvous-mêmes becomes singularvous-même.
7Ils,eux andeux-mêmes are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members.
FromLatinel(the name of the letterL).
elle f (invariable)
FromLatinillae, nominative feminine plural ofille.
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Genitive | Disjunctive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | third | m | esso1,egli,elli3 | si,s' | lo,l' | gli | vi,v' | ne,n' | esso,sé |
| f | essa,ella,Ella2 | la,l' | le,ella3 | essa,sé | |||||
| Plural | third | m | essi,eglino3,ellino3,elli3 | si,s' | li | loro | vi,v' | ne,n' | essi,sé |
| f | esse,elle3,elleno3 | le | esse,elle3,sé | ||||||
| 1 | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | ||||||||
| 2 | Highly elevated variant ofLei. | ||||||||
| 3 | Archaic. | ||||||||
Borrowed fromMiddle Dutchelle orborrowed fromMiddle Low Germanhelle (compareGermanHölle,Englishhell). It is mentioned already in 16th-century literature and 17th-century dictionaries.[1]
elle f (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | elle | elles |
| genitive | elles | eļļu |
| dative | ellei | ellēm |
| accusative | elli | elles |
| instrumental | elli | ellēm |
| locative | ellē | ellēs |
| vocative | elle | elles |
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elle (present tenseellar,past tenseella,past participleella,passive infinitiveellast,present participleellande,imperativeelle/ell)
{{rfdef}}.elle m (feminineella,pluralelles,feminine pluralellas)
elle gender-neutral (pluralelles)
The adjectives, determiners and nouns that correspond to this gender-neutral pronoun end in-e.
| Nominative | Disjunctive | Dative | Accusative | Comitative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person | Singular | yo | mí | me | conmigo | |||
| Plural | Masculine1 | nosotros | nos | — | ||||
| Feminine | nosotras | |||||||
| Second-person | Singular | Tuteo | tú | ti | te | contigo | ||
| Voseo | vos | — | ||||||
| Formal2 | Masculine1 | usted | le,se3 | lo | ||||
| Feminine | la | |||||||
| Plural | Familiar4 | Masculine1 | vosotros | os | ||||
| Feminine | vosotras | |||||||
| Formal/general2 | Masculine1 | ustedes | les,se3 | los | ||||
| Feminine | las | |||||||
| Third-person | Singular | Masculine1 | él | le,se3 | lo | |||
| Feminine | ella | la | ||||||
| Neuter | ello5 | lo | ||||||
| Plural | Masculine1 | ellos | les,se3 | los | ||||
| Feminine | ellas | las | ||||||
| Reflexive | — | sí | se | consigo | ||||
Unadapted borrowing fromSpanishelle, the Spanish name of the letterLL /ll.
elle (Baybayin spellingᜁᜎ᜔ᜌᜒ)
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