iou
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.
Pronoun
iou
Related terms
See also
Macanese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from Portuguese eu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jow/
Pronoun
iou (prepositional mi)
- 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
| person | pronoun | possessive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | first | iou, io, mi*, ieu* | iou-sa, iou-sua#, minha, io-sa, io-sua# |
| second | vôs | vôs-sa, vôsso, su, vôs-sua# | |
| third | êle, êla* | êle-sa, su, êle-sua# | |
| plural | first | nôs, nosôtro* | nôs-sa, nôsso, nôs-sua# |
| second | vosôtro | vosôtro-sa, su, vosôtro-sua# | |
| third | ilôtro, elôtro*, olôtro*, ulôtro* | ilôtro-sa, su, ilôtro-sua# | |
| reflexive (all persons) |
onçóm | su, onçóm-sa*, onçóm-sua# | |
# Dated. * Rare.