Macanese

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Etymology

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From Portuguese ele.

Pronoun

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êle (plural ilôtro, female êla)

  1. third-person singular personal pronoun; he/she/they (singular)
    Êle nádi vaiHe/she/they (sg.) will not go

Usage notes

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  • In general, Macanese does not make a gender distinction for the third-person singular personal pronoun, similar to Cantonese, however some speakers may use êla for "she", derived from Portuguese ela.

Derived terms

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Macanese personal pronouns (edit)
Person Singular Possessive Plural Possessive Reflexive Possessive
First iou, io, mi*, ieu* iou-sa, iou-sua#, minha, io-sa, io-sua# nôs, nosôtro* nôs-sa, nôsso, nôs-sua# onçóm su, onçóm-sa*, onçóm-sua#
Second vôs vôs-sa, vôsso, su, vôs-sua# vosôtro vosôtro-sa, su, vosôtro-sua#
Third êle, êla* êle-sa, su, êle-sua# ilôtro, elôtro*, olôtro*, ulôtro* ilôtro-sa, su, ilôtro-sua#

#: dated.
*: rare.

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Portuguese

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Pronoun

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êle (feminine ela, plural êles, feminine plural elas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1971/Portugal 1945) of ele.

Sango

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Noun

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êle

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

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