Loro
See also: loro
Italian
Etymology
See loro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlo.ro/
Pronoun
Loro (plural)
- (uncommon, very formal or polite) you
See also
Italian personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Genitive | Disjunctive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | — | me | |||
| second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | te | |||||
| third | m | lui | si2, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' | lui, sé | |
| f 1 | lei, Lei1 | la, l', La1, -la | le3, Le1, -le | lei, Lei1, sé | |||||
| Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | — | noi | |||
| second | —1 | voi, Voi1 | vi, v', -vi, Vi1 | voi, Voi1 | |||||
| third | m | loro, Loro1 | si, s', -si | li, -li | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1 | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) | ne, n' | loro, Loro1, sé | |
| f 1 | le, -le | ||||||||
| 1 | The feminine gender third person forms and second plural person forms are also used as formal terms of address referring to second singular person subjects, sometimes capitalised as Lei, Vi, Loro etc. to distinguish them. | ||||||||
| 2 | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | ||||||||
| 3 | In informal speech sometimes replaced with gli (nonstandard). | ||||||||
Adjective
Loro (plural)
- (uncommon, very formal or polite, possessive) your