«his, her, its» en set llengües
Significathis, her, its
Espanyol
/su/
patrimonial
Also 'your' (of usted) and 'their': su casa can be anyone's. De él / de ella clears it up.
Francès
/sɔ̃/
patrimonial
fem.: sa
Sa mère is 'his mother' or 'her mother': the gender is the mother's.
Italià
/ˈsuo/
patrimonial
fem.: sua
Portuguès
/ˈdeli/
un altre origen · de + ele 'of him' (Latin DĒ + ILLE)
Dela 'of her' follows the owner, as in English: a mãe dele, a mãe dela. Seu exists but now sounds like 'your'.
Romanès
/səw/
patrimonial
fem.: sa
Speech prefers lui 'his' and ei 'her' after the noun: mama lui, mama ei.
Català
/sew/
patrimonial
fem.: seva
With the article: la seva mare.
Anglès
/hɪz hɝ/
anglès patrimonial · Old English his, hiere
L’avantpassat llatí
SUUM‘his, her, its own’
Les sis germanes en descendeixen, tret que s’indiqui el contrari a continuació.
La història
English his / her follows the owner; the sisters follow the thing owned, so son père is 'his father' or 'her father' and sa mère 'his mother' or 'her mother'. Where that got too vague, Portuguese and Romanian speech switched to 'of him / of her' (dele, dela; lui, ei).
Aprèn-la
En una frase
- esConozco a su madre.
- frJe connais sa mère.
- itConosco sua madre.
- ptConheço a mãe dele.
- roO cunosc pe mama lui.
- caConec la seva mare.
- enI know his mother.