"own (one's own)" in seven languages
Meaningown (one's own)
Spanish
/ˈpɾopjo/
learned
fem.: propia
French
/pʁɔpʁ/
learned
Also 'clean', and the position decides: ma propre chambre 'my own room', ma chambre propre 'my clean room'.
Italian
/ˈprɔprjo/
learned
fem.: propria
Also the adverb 'really, exactly': proprio così.
Portuguese
/ˈpɾɔpɾju/
learned
fem.: própria
Romanian
/ˈpropriu/
learned
fem.: proprie
Before the noun it takes the article: propria cameră.
Catalan
/ˈpɾɔpi/
learned
fem.: pròpia
English
/oʊn/
native English · Old English āgen 'possessed'
The Latin ancestor
PROPRIUM‘one's own, particular’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
No sister inherited PROPRIUS through the sound laws; all took it back from written Latin, which is why it looks so Latin everywhere. It goes before the noun and agrees with it: su propia casa, sa propre maison, la propria casa.
English relatives: proper, property, proprietor, appropriate
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In a sentence
- esCada niño tiene su propia habitación.
- frChaque enfant a sa propre chambre.
- itOgni bambino ha la propria camera.
- ptCada criança tem seu próprio quarto.
- roFiecare copil are propria cameră.
- caCada nen té la seva pròpia habitació.
- enEach child has their own room.