deras
Galician
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d̪əˈras]
- Hyphenation: dê‧ras
Etymology 1
From Malay deras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəʀəs.
Etymology 3
Onomatopoeic.
Root
deras
- the sound of something being poured.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.ɾɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.ɾɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.ɾas/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.ɾɐʃ/
Swedish
Alternative forms
- thera, theras, dheras (archaic/obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Swedish þēra, from Old Norse þeirra, with the -s added in analogy with other genitive forms, specifically the masculine/neuter singular -s. Further from Proto-Germanic *þaizǫ̂, genitive plural of *sa, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tóysoHom, masculine/neuter genitive plural of Proto-Indo-European *só.
Pronunciation
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Pronoun
deras
- their; belonging to them
- När grannarna är bortresta, vaktar jag deras hund
- When the neighbors are traveling, I tend their dog
Usage notes
Note the difference to sin:
- När grannarna åker bort tar de med sig sin hund = When the neighbors travel, they bring their (own) dog.
That is, use sin if the subject of the sentence are the ones possessing something; deras otherwise.
Declension
Swedish personal pronouns
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
common | neuter | plural | |||||
singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina |
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
3Colloquial pronunciation spelling.
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council
Further reading
- deras in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
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