iou

See also: IOU and -ioù

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Pronoun

iou

  1. me
  2. (first-person singular pronoun) I

See also

Macanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Portuguese eu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jow/

Pronoun

iou (prepositional mi)

  1. I, me (first-person singular personal pronoun)
    Maria já olâ co iou
    Maria saw me
    Vêm co iou
    Come with me

Usage notes
  • For the most part, Macanese does not have pronoun inflections (accusative, dative, etc.). The exception is mi,[1] the prepositional form of iou, but even this is extremely rare in modern Macanese. One may encounter pa mi (“for me”) in older texts, which in modern Macanese would typically simply be pa iou.

Derived terms
  • iou-sua, iou-sa (“my”)

See also
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.

References
  1. https://comotavai.com/2012/02/02/pronomes-pessoais/

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.