"forever" in seven languages
Meaningforever
Spanish
para siempre
/ˈpaɾa ˈsjempɾe/
inherited
French
pour toujours
/puʁ tuʒuʁ/
other source · toujours, from tous + jours 'all days' (Latin TŌTUS + DIURNUM)
Italian
per sempre
/per ˈsɛmpre/
inherited
Portuguese
para sempre
/ˈpaɾɐ ˈsẽpɾi/
inherited
Romanian
pentru totdeauna
/ˈpentru totˈde̯auna/
other source · totdeauna 'always', from tot 'all' (Latin TŌTUS) + de + a + una 'one'
Romanian is the one sister that lost SEMPER.
Catalan
per sempre
/pəɾ ˈsɛmpɾə/
inherited
English
forever
/fɚˈɛvɚ/
native English · for + ever (Old English æfre)
English → Italianforeverper sempreNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: sempiternal.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SEMPER‘always’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish and Italian kept Latin SEMPER, with Spanish breaking the short e into ie. French lost it and says 'all days' instead: toujours.
English relatives: sempiternal
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esTe querré para siempre.
- frJe t'aimerai pour toujours.
- itTi amerò per sempre.
- ptVou te amar para sempre.
- roTe voi iubi pentru totdeauna.
- caT'estimaré per sempre.
- enI'll love you forever.
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