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Espagnol

ese

/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

ce …-là

/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

quello

/ˈkwello/

héréditaire

fém.: quella

Changes shape like the article: quel libro, quello studente, quell'uomo.

Portugais

esse

/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

acel

/aˈtʃel/

héréditaire

fém.: acea

After the noun it becomes acela (omul acela), in speech ăla.

Catalan

aquell

/əˈkeʎ/

héréditaire

fém.: aquella

Anglais

that

/ðæt/

anglais natif · Old English þæt

Anglais → ItalienthatquelloSans lienSources différentes — celui-ci s’apprend de zéro.Ce que partagent le anglais et le italien

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?

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