ella

See also Ella, -ella, Ellá, eļļa, and eļļā

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA: /ˈeʎə/, X-SAMPA: /"eL@/
• (Valencian) IPA: /ˈeʎa/, X-SAMPA: /"eLa/

Etymology

From Latin illa.

Pronoun

ella plural elles

1. she

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi2	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal4	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person  very formal1	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’3	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal1	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as third person. 2) Only as object of a preposition.			3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. 4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ella.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɛtla]

Conjunction

ella

1. or

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ella.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɛtla]
• Rhymes: -ɛtla

Conjunction

ella

1. or else

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

ella f

1. she (subject form)

Usage notes

Ella for she is now archaic or dialectal. In the spoken language the oblique form lei takes its place.

Anagrams

• alle

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille, perhaps influenced by Latin ea.

Pronunciation

• IPA: ['eʝa]

Pronoun

ella plural ellas

1. she, her

Related terms

• él

See also

    Spanish pronouns

First person: singular: yo, mí, me plural: nosotros, nosotras, nos Second person: tuteo: tú, ti, te voseo: vos, te formal: usted, ustedes, le, les familiar plural: vosotros, vosotras, ustedes, os, les

Third person: masculine: él, ellos, lo, le, los, les feminine: ella, ellas, la, le, las, les neuter: ello, lo, le Demonstrative: este, esta, esto, estos, estas ese, esa, eso, esos, esas aquel, aquella, aquello, aquellos, aquellas