"his, her, its" in sette lingue
Significatohis, her, its
Spagnolo
/su/
ereditaria
Also 'your' (of usted) and 'their': su casa can be anyone's. De él / de ella clears it up.
Francese
/sɔ̃/
ereditaria
f.: sa
Sa mère is 'his mother' or 'her mother': the gender is the mother's.
Italiano
/ˈsuo/
ereditaria
f.: sua
Portoghese
/ˈdeli/
altra origine · 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'.
Rumeno
/səw/
ereditaria
f.: sa
Speech prefers lui 'his' and ei 'her' after the noun: mama lui, mama ei.
Catalano
/sew/
ereditaria
f.: seva
With the article: la seva mare.
Inglese
/hɪz hɝ/
inglese nativa · Old English his, hiere
L’antenato latino
SUUM‘his, her, its own’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
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).
Imparala
In 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.