« that » en sept langues
Sensthat
Espagnol
/ˈese/
autre source · Latin IPSUM 'self, the very one'
fém.: esa
Ese is 'that (near you)'; aquel, from ECCU ILLE, is 'that over there'.
Français
/sə la/
autre source · ce (Old French cest, from ECCE ISTUM) + là 'there' (Latin ILLĀC)
fém.: cette …-là
French has one demonstrative, ce, for 'this' and 'that'; -là added after the noun points away (cet homme-là), -ci points close.
Italien
/ˈkwello/
héréditaire
fém.: quella
Changes shape like the article: quel libro, quello studente, quell'uomo.
Portugais
/ˈesi/
autre source · Latin IPSUM 'self, the very one'
fém.: essa
Aquele (ECCU ILLE) is 'that over there'. In speech esse also covers 'this'.
Roumain
/aˈtʃel/
héréditaire
fém.: acea
After the noun it becomes acela (omul acela), in speech ăla.
Catalan
/əˈkeʎ/
héréditaire
fém.: aquella
Anglais
/ðæt/
anglais natif · Old English þæt
L’ancêtre latin
ECCUM ILLUM‘look, that one’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Spanish (and Portuguese) keep three distances, este / ese / aquel; Italian has two, questo and quello; French gets by with one, ce, plus -ci and -là. The ILLE inside quello is the same ILLE that gave the articles el, il, la.
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- es¿Quién es ese hombre?
- frQui est cet homme-là ?
- itChi è quell'uomo?
- ptQuem é esse homem?
- roCine e omul acela?
- caQui és aquell home?
- enWho is that man?
Plus de mots : Petits mots
- notnone … pasnonnãonuno
- neither … norni … nini … niné … nénem … nemnici … nicini … ni
- no, not anyningúnaucunnessunonenhumniciuncap
- some, a fewalgunosquelquesalcunialgunscâțivaalguns
- bothlos dostous les deuxtutti e dueos doisamândoitots dos
- any (no matter which)cualquiern'importe quelqualsiasiqualqueroricequalsevol