nuje

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nōs. Compare Italian noi. The final schwa in Neapolitan is epenthetic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnujə/

Pronoun

nùje

  1. we

Coordinate terms

Neapolitan personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative reflexive possessive prepositional
singular first person io (i') me mìo, mìa, mieje, meje me, méne
second
person
familiar tu te tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje te, téne
formal vuje ve vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste vuje
third
person
m ìsso 'o, 'u (lo, lu) 'i, 'e (li, le) se sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje ìsso
f éssa 'a (la) 'e (le) éssa
plural first person nuje ce nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste nuje
second person vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third
person
m ìsse 'i, 'e (li, le) llòro se llòro (invariable) llòro
f llòro 'e (le)

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1637: “che viene da noi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Tarantino

Pronoun

nuje (personal, first person plural)

  1. we