« his, her, its » en sept langues
Senshis, her, its
Espagnol
/su/
héréditaire
Also 'your' (of usted) and 'their': su casa can be anyone's. De él / de ella clears it up.
Français
/sɔ̃/
héréditaire
fém.: sa
Sa mère is 'his mother' or 'her mother': the gender is the mother's.
Italien
/ˈsuo/
héréditaire
fém.: sua
Portugais
/ˈdeli/
autre source · 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'.
Roumain
/səw/
héréditaire
fém.: sa
Speech prefers lui 'his' and ei 'her' after the noun: mama lui, mama ei.
Catalan
/sew/
héréditaire
fém.: seva
With the article: la seva mare.
Anglais
/hɪz hɝ/
anglais natif · Old English his, hiere
L’ancêtre latin
SUUM‘his, her, its own’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
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).
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- 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.