la

See also: Appendix:Variations of "la"

Translingual Edit

Symbol Edit

la

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Latin.

English Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /lɑː/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1 Edit

From Latin labii, from the first word of the sixth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

Alternative forms Edit

lah

Noun Edit

la (plural las)

(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
  And now Mrs Waters (for we must confess she was in the same bed), being, I suppose, awakened from her sleep, and seeing two men fighting in her bedchamber, began to scream in the most violent manner, crying out murder! robbery! and more frequently rape! which last, some, perhaps, may wonder she should mention, who do not consider that these words of exclamation are used by ladies in a fright, as fa, la, la, ra, da, &c., are in music, only as the vehicles of sound, and without any fixed ideas.

Coordinate terms Edit

(music): do, re, mi, fa, sol, ti

Translations Edit

See la/translations § noun.

Etymology 2 Edit

Sound used to form meaningless song refrains. Of imitative origin. Compare Old English lā (a common exclamation), Ancient Greek λαλαγε (lalage, “babble”), German lallen (“to babble”).

Interjection Edit

la

Represents the sound of music or singing.
"La la la la, I can't hear you!" Jimmy said, sticking his fingers in his ears.
- 2019, Keira Brown, Between the Lines: Never in Plain Sight:
  The only part Lucy had to sing was the interlude, which was a bunch of la la la's, and the last verse of the song, which was only four lines, and the chorus, which was just as short.

Etymology 3 Edit

From Middle English la, from Old English lā. More at lo.

Alternative forms Edit

law

Interjection Edit

la

(obsolete) Used to introduce a statement with emphatic or intensive effect.
(archaic) Expressing surprise, anger. etc.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
  La, ma'am, what doth your la'ship think? the girl that your la'ship saw at church on Sunday, whom you thought so handsome; though you would not have thought her so handsome neither, if you had seen her nearer, but to be sure she hath been carried before the justice for being big with child.
- 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 2, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume III, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
  “Oh, la! here come the Richardsons. I had a vast deal more to say to you, but I must not stay away from them any longer.”
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
  "La, William, don't be so highty-tighty with us. We're not men. We can't fight you," Miss Jane said.

Etymology 4 Edit

From French la, Italian la.

Adjective Edit

la (not comparable)

Prefixed to the name of a woman, with ironic effect (as though an opera prima donna).
- 2007 November 22, Kate Carter, The Guardian:
  Following lukewarm on the heels of an article a few weeks ago, where (I paraphrase due to having filed the relevant copy in the recycling bin) Victoria Beckham made a "well-meaning" remark that the other Spice Girls might want to lose a few pounds, we now have a new incidence of La Beckham's scintillating and entirely well-meaning humour.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 232:
  By judicious leaking, he also managed to make la Kirkpatrick and her associates look rather unsavory.

Etymology 5 Edit

Possibly a shortened form of lad.

Noun Edit

la (plural las)

(Liverpool) lad, kid

Related terms Edit

lid (rhyming slang for kid)

Etymology 6 Edit

From Cantonese 啦 (laa¹). Doublet of lah.

Pronunciation Edit

(Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /lɑː˥/

Particle Edit

la (Hong Kong, colloquial)

Placed at the end of a sentence in imperatives making it sound more like a request than an order.
Sleep la! ― [You should] go to bed.

Eat shit la you! ― You're going to hell!
Used to tone down comments.
ok la ― not bad; good enough

Anagrams Edit

& al., -al, AL, Al, a.l., al, al-

Afrikaans Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): [lɑː]
Audio (file)

Noun Edit

la (plural [please provide])

(music) la (solfège)

References Edit

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Anguthimri Edit

Noun Edit

la

(Mpakwithi) black snake

References Edit

Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Aragonese Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin illa (“that one”).

Pronoun Edit

la

her (direct object)

Aromanian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin illac. Compare Romanian la.

Preposition Edit

la

at
by

Asturian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin illa(m).

Article Edit

la f sg (masculine el, neuter lo, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

(definite) the

Usage notes Edit

The article la contracts to l' before a word beginning with a or ha: l'asturiana (the Asturian), l'habitación (the habitation), because it ends with an A already

Pronoun Edit

la

her (third-person singular feminine direct pronoun)

Bambara Edit

Alternative forms Edit

na

Postposition Edit

la

postposition marking location

Catalan Edit

Pronunciation Edit

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /lə/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /la/

Etymology 1 Edit

Inherited from Old Catalan la, from Latin illa (demonstrative) via apheresis.

Article Edit

la f (masculine el, masculine plural els, feminine plural les)

the; feminine singular definite article

Usage notes Edit

The article la is contracted to l' before a vowel or h, except before a following unstressed I or U sounds, as in la universitat, la idea, and la oliva. Note: Unstressed O sounds like a U.

Pronoun Edit

la (enclitic and proclitic, contracted proclitic l')

her (direct object)

Usage notes Edit

-la is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs.
Mira-la. ― Look at her.

Declension Edit

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal¹	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal²	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’⁴	-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 formal²	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 plural. ²⁾ Behaves grammatically as third person.			³⁾ Only as object of a preposition. ⁴⁾ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Etymology 2 Edit

Noun Edit

la m (plural las)

(music) la (sixth note of a diatonic scale)

Chickasaw Edit

Pronoun Edit

la

I (first-person singular pronoun)

Corsican Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin illa, feminine form of ille (“that”), from Old Latin olle. Cognates include Italian la and French la.

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /ˈla/
Homophone: là

Article Edit

la

Archaic form of a.

Pronoun Edit

la

Archaic form of a.

References Edit

https://infcor.adecec.net/

Dalmatian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin illa(m).

Article Edit

la

the; feminine singular definite article

Related terms Edit

el
i
le

Dutch Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /laː/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: la
Rhymes: -aː

Etymology 1 Edit

From earlier lade, from Middle Dutch lāde, from Old Dutch *latha, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþō.

Noun Edit

la f (plural laden or la's, diminutive laatje n)

drawer

Alternative forms Edit

lade

Derived terms Edit

Descendants Edit

Afrikaans: laai
→ Caribbean Hindustani: láh
→ Caribbean Javanese: latye (from the diminutive form)
→ Papiamentu: lachi, laadsje (from lade)

Etymology 2 Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun Edit

la f (plural la's, diminutive laatje n)

la (music)

Anagrams Edit

al

Emilian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin illa(m), feminine form of ille.

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /la/
Hyphenation: la

Mirandolese Emilian definite articles
	singular	plural
masculine	al 'l	i gl'
feminine	la l'	li gl'

Article Edit

la f sg (plural al or el or li)

the

Pronoun Edit

la (personal)

(nominative case) she
(accusative case) her

Alternative forms Edit

Becomes l’ before a vowel.
Becomes -la when acting as an enclitic.

Related terms Edit

Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)

Number	Person	Gender	Disjunctive (tonic)	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Reflexive (-self)	Comitative (with)
Singular	First	—	mè	a	me			mêg
	Second	—	tè	et	te			têg
	Third	Masculine	ló	al		ge	se	sêg
	Third	Feminine	lê	la		ge	se	sêg
Plural	First	Masculine	nuēter	a	se			nōsk
	First	Feminine	nuētri	a	se			nōsk
	Second	Masculine	vuēter	a	ve			vōsk
	Second	Feminine	vuētri	a	ve			vōsk
	Third	Masculine	lôr	i		ge	se	sêg
	Third	Feminine	lôr	el	li	ge	se	sêg

Esperanto Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from French la, Italian la, Spanish la, all ultimately from Medieval Latin ille.

Pronunciation Edit

Audio: (file)

IPA^(key): [la]
Hyphenation: la

Article Edit

la

the
la libro — the book

la libroj — the books

la angla lingvo — the English language

la angla — (the) English (language) (clipped form)

Alternative forms Edit

l' (poetic)

Finnish Edit

Etymology Edit

From lauantai.

Noun Edit

la

Abbreviation of lauantai (“Saturday”).

French Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /la/
audio (file)
Homophones: là, las

Etymology 1 Edit

From Middle French la, from Old French la, from Latin illam, which is the accusative singular feminine of ille.^[1]

Article Edit

la f sg

the (definite article)

Usage notes Edit

la becomes l’ before a vowel or an unaspirated h.
l’amitié ― the friendship

l’île ― the island

l’oasis ― the oasis

Derived terms Edit

à la

Descendants Edit

→ Norwegian Bokmål: la

Pronoun Edit

la f sg

her, it (direct object)
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas.
Where is Judith? I don't see her.

Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin.
Take that box and put it in the corner.

Related terms Edit

French personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Locative (at)	Genitive (of)	Disjunctive (tonic)
Singular	First	—	je, j’	me, m’		—	—	moi
	Second	—	tu	te, t’		—	—	toi
	Third	Masculine	il	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui
		Feminine	elle	la, l’	lui	y	en	elle
		Indeterminate	on¹	—	—	—	—	—
		Reflexive	—	se, s’⁴		—	—	soi⁴
Plural	First	—	nous	nous		—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous²	vous²^,3		—	—	vous²
	Third	Masculine	ils³	les	leur	y	en	eux³
	Third	Feminine	elles	les	leur	y	en	elles

¹ Also used as the first person plural.

² Also used as the polite singular form.

³ Also used when a group has both men and women.

⁴ Also used as third person plural reflexive.

Etymology 2 Edit

Noun Edit

la m (plural la)

(music) la, the note 'A'

Derived terms Edit

donner le la

References Edit

^ Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964), “le, la, les”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse

Friulian Edit

Friulian Definite Articles
	singular	plural
masculine	il l'	i
feminine	la l'	lis

Etymology Edit

From Latin illa(m).

Article Edit

la f sg (plural lis)

the

Galician Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Pronoun Edit

la f (accusative)

Alternative form of a (“her”)

Usage notes Edit

The l- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, and is suffixed to the preceding word

Related terms Edit

a
lo
na

Etymology 2 Edit

Noun Edit

la m (plural las)

(music) la (sixth note of the scale)
(music) A (the musical note or key)

Etymology 3 Edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese lãa, from Latin lāna.

Alternative forms Edit

laa

Noun Edit

la f (uncountable)

wool

Guinea-Bissau Creole Edit

Etymology Edit

From Portuguese lá. Cognate with Kabuverdianu la.

Adverb Edit

la

there

Haitian Creole Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From French l'art.

Noun Edit

la

art

Etymology 2 Edit

Article Edit

la

the (definite article)

Usage notes Edit

This article is used only after a word that ends with an oral (non-nasal) vowel and an oral consonant, in that order, and when it modifies a singular noun.

Etymology 3 Edit

From French là (“there”).

Adverb Edit

la

there

Hungarian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): [ˈlɒ]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -lɒ

Interjection Edit

la

(archaic) used in dialects at the end of an exclamatory sentence as an emphasis
ott van la! ― there it is!
a syllable used when singing a tune without lyrics

Ido Edit

Alternative forms Edit

(apocopic form) l'

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /la/

Etymology 1 Edit

Borrowed from Esperanto la, from French la, Italian la, Spanish la.

Article Edit

la (plural le)

the

Derived terms Edit

Prep. + article	Combined form
ad + la	al
de + la	del
di + la	dil
da + la	dal

Etymology 2 Edit

Borrowed from English la, French la, Italian la, Spanish la, Portuguese lá, German A, Russian ля (lja).

Noun Edit

la (plural le la or lai)

(music) la

Interlingua Edit

Pronoun Edit

la

(accusative) her
(dative) to her

Istriot Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin illa(m), feminine of ille.

Article Edit

la f sg (masculine el)

feminine singular definite article the
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 29:
  Ti son la manduleîna inzucherada.
  You are the sugared almond.

Italian Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Latin illa(m), feminine form of ille.^[1]

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): ^°/la/^°, /la/^°^[2]
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: la

Article Edit

Italian Definite Articles
	singular	plural
masculine	il lo/l'	i gli
feminine	la/l'	le

la f sg (plural le)

the

Usage notes Edit

The article la elides with words that begin with a vowel, becoming l'.

Pronoun Edit

la f sg (plural le, masculine lo)

(accusative) her, it
La vedo. ― I see her.
- a. 1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini:
  […] una improvvisa timidezza però la immobilizza […]
  […] a sudden timidity immobilized her though […]
(accusative, formal) you (term of respect)
La vedo. ― I see you.

Scusi se la disturbo. ― Sorry to bother you.

Alternative forms Edit

-la (enclitic)

Etymology 2 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /ˈla/^°, /ˈla/^*
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: là

Noun Edit

la m (invariable)

(music) la (musical note)
(music) A (musical note and scale)

Derived terms Edit

References Edit

^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 127
^ la in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams Edit

al

Japanese Edit

Romanization Edit

la

Rōmaji transcription of ら゚
Rōmaji transcription of ラ゚

Jingpho Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Burmese လ (la.).

Noun Edit

la

month

References Edit

Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[2], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Kabuverdianu Edit

Etymology Edit

From Portuguese lá.

Adverb Edit

la

there

Kambera Edit

Preposition Edit

la

in
Ni -nja la wawa -mu.
They are below you.
(literally, “They are in below you”)

References Edit

Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 127

Kilivila Edit

Verb Edit

-la- ^[1]

to leave, to go
kula - thou goest

kulosi - ye go

bala - I will go

Idioms Edit

kusisu, bala

References Edit

^ Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 303. →ISBN

Ladin Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin illa(m).

Article Edit

la f (singular)

the

Usage notes Edit

The article la elides with words that begin with a vowel, becoming l'.

Ladino Edit

Article Edit

la (Hebrew spelling לה, plural las, masculine el)

the (feminine singular)

Leonese Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin illa(m), feminine singular of ille.

Article Edit

la f sg (masculine el, neuter lu, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

the (definite article)

Usage notes Edit

The prepositions cun, en and pur contract with la, unless la is part of a proper noun.
‎cun + ‎la → ‎cula

‎en + ‎la → ‎na

‎pur + ‎la → ‎pula
The article la becomes l' before a word beginning with a a or ha:
l'aviespa ― the wasp

Malay Edit

Particle Edit

la

Misspelling of lah.

Adverb Edit

la (Jawi spelling لا‎)

now (at the present time or moment)

Maltese Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /laː/
Usually unstressed and then automatically shortened to /la/.

Etymology 1 Edit

From Arabic لَا (lā). Doublet of le (“no”).

Adverb Edit

la

Used—optionally—with a negated second-person imperfect verb to express the negated imperative.
La tisraqx!
Don't steal!.
Used to express negative intention.

Conjunction Edit

la

neither, nor
La jiekol u la jixrob. ― He doesn't eat nor drink.
(obsolete) except
Synonym: ħlief

Derived terms Edit

bla

Etymology 2 Edit

Probably from Arabic لَمَّا (lammā).

Conjunction Edit

la

when
since

Derived terms Edit

ladarba

Mandarin Edit

Pronunciation Edit

audio (file)

Romanization Edit

la (la⁵／la⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄚ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啦
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚹
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞡
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𤷟
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𩋷

la

Nonstandard spelling of lā.
Nonstandard spelling of lá.
Nonstandard spelling of lǎ.
Nonstandard spelling of là.

Usage notes Edit

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Matal Edit

Preposition Edit

la

in
Kak la marabay, Səmon kona aŋa Yuhana, kà uwana dza asik à uwana apə̀hakala dziriga uwaga aw, ama Baba gulo uwana la zagəla la afik la uwana apə̀hakala uwaga.(Mata 16:17)^[1]
Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.(Matthew 16:17)
from
Ama ləv aŋatà kà kərkər la gi (Mata 15:8)^[2]
But their heart is far away from me. (Matthew 15:8)

References Edit

Michif Edit

Etymology Edit

From French la.

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): [la]

Article Edit

la f (masculine li, masculine and feminine plural lii)

the

Middle French Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old French la, from Latin illam.

Article Edit

la f (masculine le, masculine and feminine plural les)

the

Descendants Edit

French: la
- → Norwegian Bokmål: la

Etymology 2 Edit

From Old French la.

Alternative forms Edit

là (circa 1550)

Adverb Edit

la

there

Descendants Edit

French: là

Mirandese Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin illa(m).

Article Edit

la f (plural las, masculine l, masculine plural ls)

the
la lhéngua mirandesa
the Mirandese language

Mwan Edit

Noun Edit

la

rain

Neapolitan Edit

Pronoun Edit

la

Alternative form of 'a

Norman Edit

Norman Definite Articles
	singular	plural
masculine	le / l'	les
feminine	la / l'	les

Etymology Edit

From Old French la, from Latin illa(m).

Pronunciation Edit

Audio (Jersey) (file)

Article Edit

la f (plural les)

(Jersey) the (feminine singular definite article)
la beque ― the spade

la crôte ― the crust

la léçon ― the lesson

la tâsse ― the cup

Coordinate terms Edit

(gender) lé

Norwegian Bokmål Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From the verb late.

Verb Edit

la (imperative la, present tense lar, simple past lot, past participle latt)

to let
La sovende hunder ligge. ― Let sleeping dogs lie.
to leave (in a given state)
la dem (være) i fred ― leave them alone

Etymology 2 Edit

From Old Norse hlaða.

Verb Edit

la (imperative la, present tense lar, simple past ladde, past participle ladd)

alternative form of lade

Etymology 3 Edit

Verb Edit

la

simple past of legge

Etymology 4 Edit

From French la (“the”), from Middle French la (“the”), from Old French la (“the”), from Latin illam (“that, those”), which is the accusative singular feminine of ille (“that, those”), from Old Latin olle (“he, that”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ol-no- or *h₂l̥-no-, from *h₂el- (“beyond, other”).

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /la/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: la

Article Edit

la

(Used in certain expressions of French origin) the
à la, à la carte, à la grecque, à la mode, à la maison, à la suite

References Edit

“la” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /lɑː/

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną. Akin to English let.

Alternative forms Edit

lata, late (long forms)

Verb Edit

la (present tense lar or lèt, past tense lét, supine latt or late, past participle latt, present participle latande, imperative la)

let, allow
La meg få gjera det.
Let me do it.

Derived terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

From Old Norse hlaða, a strong verb from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.

Alternative forms Edit

lada, lade (long forms)

Verb Edit

la (present tense lar, past tense ladde, supine ladd or ladt, past participle ladd, present participle ladande)

(transitive, intransitive) to load, charge
Synonym: laste

Derived terms Edit

lading f
ladekabel m

Related terms Edit

løe f
lass n
lade m

Etymology 3 Edit

From Latin labii, from the first word of the sixth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through Italian.

Noun Edit

la m (definite singular la-en, indefinite plural la-ar, definite plural la-ane)

(music) la, a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

Coordinate terms Edit

(scale of solfège): do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do

Etymology 4 Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb Edit

la

past of leggja and legga

References Edit

“la” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams Edit

al

Occitan Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Occitan la, from Latin illa(m).

Pronunciation Edit

Audio (file)

Article Edit

la (masculine lo, feminine plural las, masculine plural los)

the; feminine singular definite article

Old English Edit

Etymology Edit

Probably Onomatopoeic. Compare Polish ła. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /lɑː/

Interjection Edit

lā

lo!, oh!, ah!
Lā! næddrena cyn.
Oh! generation of vipers.
Enclitic particle used to emphasise interrogation, exclamation, entreaty, affirmation, negation
Ðā cwæþ ic hwæt is ðæt lā?
then said I 'what then is that?'

Old French Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin illa(m).

Article Edit

la

the (feminine singular oblique definite article)
the (feminine singular nominative definite article)
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
  Trop avons fet grant reposee,
  Recomançomes la meslee!
  We have rested too much
  Let's restart the battle! (literally, the mix)

Inflection Edit

Old French definite articles

Declension of the definite article le
	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
nominative	li	la, le ¹	li	les
oblique	le ¹	la ¹	les	les
¹ These singular forms elide to l' before a vowel or non-aspirate h.

Pronoun Edit

la

it (feminine singular object pronoun)

Descendants Edit

Middle French: la
- French: la
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: la

Old Irish Edit

Alternative forms Edit

le

Etymology Edit

From a form of Proto-Celtic *letos (“side”), from which leth, which could be related to *ɸletos (“side”). However, compare Latin latus. The sense “in the language of” is a semantic loan from Latin apud and is perhaps encountered only in glosses of the Latin construction.

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /la/

Preposition Edit

la (with the accusative)

with
belonging to
among
in the language of
in the opinion of
by (indicating the agent of a passive verb)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:la.

Inflection Edit

Inflection of la

Person	Normal	Emphatic
1st person sing.	lem(m), lim(m), leim, lium(m)	lemsa, li(u)msa
2d person sing.	lat(t)	latso, latsu
3d sing. masc./neut., dative
3d sing. masc./neut., accusative	leiss, les(s), lais(s), letha	le(i)som, le(i)ssem, laisem
3d sing. fem., dative
3d sing. fem., accusative	l(a)ee, lǽ	lési
1st person pl.	li(u)nn, le(i)nn	linn(a)i
2d person pl.	lib	libsi
3d person pl., dative
3d person pl., accusative	leu, léu, leo, lethu	leusom, leosom

Derived terms Edit

Combinations with a definite article:

lassin (masculine and feminine singular)
lassa (neuter singular)
lasna (plural)

Combinations with a possessive determiner:

lam (“with my”)
lat (“with your sg”)
lia (“with his/her/its/their”)
liar (“with our”)

Combinations with a relative pronoun:

lassa (“with which”)

Descendants Edit

Irish: le
Manx: lesh
Scottish Gaelic: le

Old Occitan Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin illa(m).

Article Edit

la (masculine lo)

the; feminine singular definite article

Descendants Edit

Occitan: la

Portuguese Edit

Pronunciation Edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ/

Pronoun Edit

la

Alternative form of a (third-person feminine singular objective pronoun) used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a verb form ending in a consonant (-z, -r and -s, but not -m); the consonant is elided and the preceding vowel takes an accent if necessary

Romagnol Edit

Article Edit

la

feminine of e’ (“the”)

Romanian Edit

Alternative forms Edit

ла (Moldavia)

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /la/
Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1 Edit

From Latin illac.

Preposition Edit

la (+accusative)

at
Suntem la Paris.
We're at Paris.
to, towards

Etymology 2 Edit

From Latin lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).

Alternative forms Edit

(Transylvania) lăia

Verb Edit

a la (third-person singular present lă, past participle lăut) 1st conj.

(uncommon) to wash (especially the head)
Synonyms: se spăla, scălda, îmbăia

Conjugation Edit

conjugation of la (first conjugation, no infix)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a la
gerund			lând
past participle			lăut
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	lau	lai	lă	lăm	lați	lau
	imperfect	lam	lai	la	lam	lați	lau
	simple perfect	lăui	lăuși	lău	lăurăm	lăurăți	lăură
	pluperfect	lăusem	lăuseși	lăuse	lăuserăm	lăuserăți	lăuseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
subjunctive	present	să lau	să lai	să lea să laie să leie	să lăm	să lați	să lea să laie să leie
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		lă			lați
	negative		nu la			nu lați

Derived terms Edit

lăutoare, lăutură

Related terms Edit

Samoan Edit

Noun Edit

la

sun

Santa Catarina Albarradas Zapotec Edit

Noun Edit

la

name

References Edit

Basic Vocabulary, page 63

Sassarese Edit

Alternative forms Edit

-lla (pronoun, enclitic, used when previous syllable is stressed)
-ra (pronoun, enclitic, used when previous syllable is unstressed)

Etymology Edit

From Latin illa, feminine of ille (“that”).

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /la/, (after a word ending in a vowel) /ra/

Article Edit

la f sg (plural li, masculine lu)

Sassarese definite articles
	singular	plural
masculine	lu/l'	li/l'
feminine	la/l'	li/l'

the (feminine singular)

Usage notes Edit

Becomes l' before a vowel.

Pronoun Edit

la f (plural li, masculine lu)

(followed by chi) that
her (accusative)
it (accusative)

References Edit

Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sicilian Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From the apheresis of Vulgar Latin *illa, from Latin illam, from illa.

Alternative forms Edit

a

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /la/

Article Edit

la f sg (m lu, plural li)

(feminine singular definite article) the
Synonym: a

Usage notes Edit

This article is nowadays an obsolete variant, unlike its illiquid counterpart a. It is currently used only in some restricted areas where it is still withheld in conversational communications.
Today it is mostly used in crystallized contexts, such as singing, poetry or sayings and proverbs. In all these cases this definite article is more euphonetic than the variants, now predominant, which have undergone the lenition of the initial liquid consonant.
Its use is however almost undisputed before nouns (or nominalized forms of other parts of speech, most often adjectives) that begin with vowels. In this case the form is an apocopic l'. Otherwise, illiquid definite articles are phonetically absorbed by the following noun. I.e: l'arancina (liquid) and ârancina (illiquid).

Inflection Edit

Sicilian articles
	Masculine singular definite article	Feminine singular definite article	Masculine and feminine plural definite article
Definite articles (liquid)	lu	la	li
Definite articles (illiquid)	u	a	i
Definite articles	nu (also: un,'n)	na

Etymology 2 Edit

From the apheresis of Vulgar Latin *illa, from Latin illam, from illa.

Alternative forms Edit

-la (enclitic)
a (illiquid form)

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /la/

Pronoun Edit

la f sg (plural li, masculine lu)

(accusative) her
Synonym: a

La canusci? ― Do you know her?
(accusative) it, this or that thing
Synonym: a

Quannu ti la desi. ― When I gave it to you.

Usage notes Edit

This pronoun is now an obsolete variant. It is currently used only in some restricted areas where it is still withheld in conversational communications.
Today it is mostly used in crystallized contexts, such as singing, poetry or sayings and proverbs. In all these cases this definite article is more euphonetic than the variants, now predominant, which have undergone the lenition of the initial liquid consonant.
Its use is however almost undisputed before words that begin with vowels. In this case the form is an apocopic l'.

Southern Ndebele Edit

Etymology Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun Edit

la

these; class 6 proximal demonstrative.

Spanish Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /la/ [la]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: la

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old Spanish ela, from Latin illa(m), feminine singular of ille.

Article Edit

la f sg (plural las, masculine el, masculine plural los)

the

Pronoun Edit

la

accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal)
impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases: it, this
La sabe toda.
He/she knows everything (it all)

¡Dónde la viste!
Where have you seen this!

No te la creo.
I don't believe you.

Usage notes Edit

Sometimes used where English would prefer a possessive: tengo algo en la bolsa (literally “I have something in the bag”) as opposed to tengo algo en mi bolsa (“I have something in my bag”). This is especially true with body parts and with articles of clothing or similar accessories.
Where a feminine noun begins with stressed (h)a-, though not common, el is used instead: el alma, el águila, el hacha. (The article remains la where an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun: la majestuosa águila.) The plural remains las.

Derived terms Edit

Spanish personal pronouns

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí¹
	plural	masculine²		nosotros	nos		nosotros
	plural	feminine		nosotras	nos		nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti¹
		voseo		vos	te		vos
		formal³		usted	le, se⁴	lo/la⁵	usted
	plural	familiar⁶	masculine²	vosotros	os		vosotros
		familiar⁶	feminine	vosotras	os		vosotras
		formal/general³		ustedes	les, se⁴	los/las⁵	ustedes
third person	singular	masculine²		él	le, se⁴	lo	él
		feminine		ella		la	ella
		neuter		ello⁷		lo	ello
	plural	masculine²		ellos	les, se⁴	los	ellos
	plural	feminine		ellas	les, se⁴	las	ellas
	reflexive			—	se		sí¹

Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
Used primarily in Spain
Used only in rare circumstances

Etymology 2 Edit

Noun Edit

la m (plural las)

(music) la (sixth note of the scale)
(music) A (the musical note or key)

Anagrams Edit

al

Sumerian Edit

Romanization Edit

la

Romanization of 𒆷 (la)

Swahili Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb Edit

-la (infinitive kula)

to eat
(by extension) to consume, to eradicate

Conjugation Edit

Conjugation of -la

Positive present	-nakula
Subjunctive	-le
Negative	-li
Imperative singular	kula

Infinitives

Positive	kula
Negative	kutokula

Imperatives

Singular	kula
Plural	kuleni

Tensed forms

Habitual	hula
Positive past	positive subject concord + -likula
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kula

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakula)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninakula/nakula	tunakula
2nd person		unakula	mnakula
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anakula	wanakula
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nakula

Negative present (negative subject concord + -li)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sili	hatuli
2nd person		huli	hamli
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hali	hawali
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -li

Positive future	positive subject concord + -takula
Negative future	negative subject concord + -takula

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -le)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nile	tule
2nd person		ule	mle
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	ale	wale
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -le

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sile
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngekula
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singekula
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalikula
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalikula

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ala)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nala	twala
2nd person		wala	mwala
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	ala	wala
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wala	yala
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lala	yala
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chala	vyala
	n_(IX/X)	yala	zala
	u_(XI)	wala	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwala
	pa_(XVI)	pala
	mu_(XVIII)	mwala

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mekula
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshakula
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jala
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kila
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipokula
Consecutive	kala / positive subject concord + -kala
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kale

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nila	-tula
2nd person		-kula	-wala/-kuleni/-waleni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mla	-wala
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-ula	-ila
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lila	-yala
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kila	-vila
	n_(IX/X)	-ila	-zila
	u_(XI)	-ula	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kula
	pa_(XVI)	-pala
	mu_(XVIII)	-mula
Reflexive		-jila

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -la- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-laye	-lao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-lao	-layo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lalo	-layo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-lacho	-lavyo
n_(IX/X)	-layo	-lazo
u_(XI)	-lao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-lako
pa_(XVI)	-lapo
mu_(XVIII)	-lamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kula)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yekula	-okula
m-mi_(III/IV)	-okula	-yokula
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lokula	-yokula
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chokula	-vyokula
n_(IX/X)	-yokula	-zokula
u_(XI)	-okula	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kokula
pa_(XVI)	-pokula
mu_(XVIII)	-mokula

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms Edit

Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -lia
- Causative: -lisha (“to feed”)
- Passive: -liwa
- Stative: -lika (“be edible”)
- Other formations: -la chumvi nyingi (“to live a long life (idiomatic)”)

Nominal derivations:
- chakula (“food”)
- mla (“eater”)
- ulaji (“eating”)

Etymology 2 Edit

From Arabic لَا (lā).

Interjection Edit

la

no

Etymology 3 Edit

See -a.

Particle Edit

la

Ji class inflected form of -a.

Swedish Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms Edit

lade

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /lɑː/
Rhymes: -ɑː

Verb Edit

la

past indicative of lägga

Etymology 2 Edit

Clipping of earlier fälle and fuller. Listed in a dictionary from the 1800s, and believed to have existed for longer.^[1]

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /la/^[1]

Conjunction Edit

la

(dialectal, Gothenburg, Västergötland) Synonym of väl

References Edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “La”, in isof.se‎^[1] (in Swedish), Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore, June 2011, archived from the original on 2020-09-28

Anagrams Edit

-al, al

Tagalog Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /la/, [lɐ]

Etymology 1 Edit

Interjection Edit

la (Baybayin spelling ᜎ)

used in directing an animal to stop, especially carabaos and cattle

Etymology 2 Edit

Borrowed from Spanish la, from Latin labii.

Noun Edit

la (Baybayin spelling ᜎ)

la (the note 'A')

Etymology 3 Edit

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜎ (la).

Noun Edit

la (Baybayin spelling ᜎ)

The name of the Latin-script letter L/l, in the Abakada alphabet.
Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) el, (in the Abecedario) ele

Tetum Edit

Adverb Edit

la

not

Tsafiki Edit

Pronoun Edit

la

I; the first-person singular masculine pronoun; the first-person singular pronoun used by adult men

Coordinate terms Edit

čiʰké (first-person singular feminine pronoun, first-person singular pronoun used by adult women)
če (first-person singular pronoun used by children)
čiʰke-lá (first-person plural pronoun)

References Edit

The Languages of the Andes (2004, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter C. Muysken)

Turkish Edit

Alternative forms Edit

lan

Interjection Edit

la

(dialectal) ulan

Vietnamese Edit

Pronunciation Edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [laː˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [laː˧˧]

Etymology 1 Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb Edit

la • (羅, 囉)

to cry, to shout
(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to reprimand, to scold
bị vợ la ― to be scolded by wife

Derived terms Edit

Derived terms

Etymology 2 Edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 騾 (“mule”, SV: loa).

Noun Edit

(classifier con) la • (騾)

a horse-donkey hybrid; a mule or a hinny

Votic Edit

Alternative forms Edit

laa

Etymology Edit

From laskõa. Compare Estonian las.

Pronunciation Edit

(Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ/, [ˈɫɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑ
Hyphenation: la

Particle Edit

la

let (with a verb)
Forms a first-person ot third-person imperative.

Usage notes Edit

Usually used with the standard personal forms of verbs.
The third-person imperatives using la (e.g. la teeb) are more common than the forms using -ko(d) (tehko).

References Edit

V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “la”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Walloon Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin illac.

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /la/

Adverb Edit

la

there

Synonyms Edit

låvå

Antonyms Edit

chal, droci

Wolof Edit

Pronoun Edit

la

you (second-person singular object pronoun)

Xhosa Edit

Etymology Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun Edit

la

these; class 6 proximal demonstrative.

Xokleng Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Southern Jê *ra (“sun”).

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): [ˈla]

Noun Edit

la

sun

Yatzachi Zapotec Edit

Noun Edit

la

name

Yoruba Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *lá

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /lá/

Verb Edit

lá

to dream

Derived terms Edit

lá àlá (“to dream a dream”)
àlá (“dream”)

Etymology 2 Edit

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *lá

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /lá/

Verb Edit

lá

to lick, including with one's finger
Synonym: pọ́n lá
to become worn out

Derived terms Edit

ilá (“okra”)
ìka ìlábẹ̀ (“index finger”)

Etymology 3 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /là/

Verb Edit

là

to be wealthy, to become wealthy, to become rich

Derived terms Edit

kò-là-kò-ṣagbe (“middle class”)
ọlọ́là (“rich person”)
ọlà (“wealth, riches”)

Etymology 4 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /là/

Verb Edit

là

to dilute a liquid
Synonym: fi omi lú

Derived terms Edit

ìlà (“dilution”)

Etymology 5 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /là/

Verb Edit

là

to shine like the moon/sun/light, to glow, to radiate
òòrùn-ún là ― The sun shined

Etymology 6 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /là/

Verb Edit

là

to survive

Derived terms Edit

gbà là (“to save”)
ìgbàlà (“salvation”)

Etymology 7 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /là/

Verb Edit

là

to cut, to divide, to separate, to slice

Derived terms Edit

Ẹ̀là (“A spirit and energy force in the Yoruba religion and divination”)
làwàà (“to open suddenly”)
ìlà (“line, partition, mark”)

Zulu Edit

Etymology Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation Edit

IPA^(key): /ˈlá/

Pronoun Edit

la

these; class 6 proximal demonstrative.

Inflection Edit

Stem -lá
Full form	lá
Locative	kula
Full form	lá
Locative	kula
Copulative	yila
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wala	owala
Class 2	bala	abala
Class 3	wala	owala
Class 4	yala	eyala
Class 5	lala	elala
Class 6	ala	awala
Class 7	sala	esala
Class 8	zala	ezala
Class 9	yala	eyala
Class 10	zala	ezala
Class 11	lwala	olwala
Class 14	bala	obala
Class 15	kwala	okwala
Class 17	kwala	okwala

References Edit

C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “la”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “la (2)”

[1] Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964), “le, la, les”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse

[2] Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 127

[3] Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

[4] Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 303. →ISBN

[5] ttp://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/16#17

[6] ttp://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/15#8

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Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Conjunctive	Disjunctive	Locative	Partitive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m', -mi			me	me	—
	second	—	tu	ti, t', -ti			te	te	—
	third	m	lui	si², s', -si	lo, l', -lo	gli, -gli	glie, se²	lui, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
	third	f	lei, Lei¹	si², s', -si	la, La¹, l', L'¹, -la, -La¹	le³, Le¹, -le³, -Le¹	glie, se²	lei, Lei¹, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c', -ci			ce	noi	—
	second	—	voi, Voi⁴	vi, Vi⁴, v', V'⁴, -vi, -Vi⁴			ve	voi, Voi⁴	—
	third	m	loro, Loro¹	si, s', -si	li, Li¹, -li, -Li¹	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro¹	glie, se	loro, Loro¹, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
	third	f	loro, Loro¹	si, s', -si	le, Le¹, -le, -Le¹	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro¹	glie, se	loro, Loro¹, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
¹	Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
²	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
³	Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
⁴	Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

	singular subject	plural subject	singular object	plural object
1st person	man	nun	ma	nu
2nd person	yow	yeen	la	leen
3rd person	moom	ñoom	ko	leen

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