« their » en sept langues
Senstheir
Espagnol
/su/
autre source · Latin SUUM 'his, her own'
The same su as 'his, her': sus hijos 'their children'.
Français
/lœʁ/
héréditaire
No feminine; plural leurs. Also the pronoun 'to them': je leur parle.
Italien
/ˈloro/
héréditaire
Never changes, and takes the article: la loro casa, i loro figli.
Portugais
/ˈdelis/
autre source · de + eles 'of them' (Latin DĒ + ILLŌS)
Seu also means 'their' in writing.
Roumain
/lor/
héréditaire
Invariable, after the noun: casa lor.
Catalan
/sew/
autre source · Latin SUUM 'his, her own'
fém.: seva
Literary llur comes from ILLŌRUM, like French leur.
Anglais
/ðɛɹ/
autre source · Old Norse þeira
Attention : faux amis
loro (Espagnol) signifie « parrot » · loro (Italien) signifie « they; their »
Coincidence. Italian loro is Latin ILLŌRUM 'of those'; Spanish loro comes from a Carib word for the bird.
L’ancêtre latin
ILLŌRUM‘of those (ones)’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
French and Italian say 'of them': leur and loro are the genitive plural of ILLE, so they barely agree with the noun, unlike every other possessive. Spanish just reuses su, from SUUM.
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esSus hijos ya son mayores.
- frLeurs enfants sont déjà grands.
- itI loro figli sono già grandi.
- ptOs filhos deles já estão grandes.
- roCopiii lor sunt deja mari.
- caEls seus fills ja són grans.
- enTheir children are already grown up.