"she" in seven languages
Meaningshe
Spanish
ella
/ˈeʝa/
inherited
French
elle
/ɛl/
inherited
Italian
lei
/lɛi/
inherited
From *ILLAEĪ; capitalised Lei is the formal 'you'.
Portuguese
ela
/ˈɛlɐ/
inherited
Romanian
ea
/je̯a/
inherited
Catalan
ella
/ˈeʎə/
inherited
English
she
/ʃi/
native English · Old English hēo / sēo
English → ItaliansheleiNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ILLA‘that one (fem.)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish ella and French elle are cognates; Italian lei comes from an old dative form, like lui. ILLA also gave the feminine article la.
Learn it
In a sentence
- esElla es médica.
- frElle est médecin.
- itLei è medico.
- ptEla é médica.
- roEa este medic.
- caElla és metgessa.
- enShe is a doctor.
More in Little words
- wenosotrosnousnoinósnoinosaltres
- even (emphatic)inclusomêmeperfinoatéchiarfins i tot
- really, trulyde verdadvraimentdavverode verdadeîntr-adevărde debò
- still, yet (continuing)todavíaencoreancoraaindaîncăencara
- down, downstairsabajoen basgiùembaixojosa baix
- through, acrossa través deà traversattraversoatravés deprina través de