nostro
Catalan
Alternative forms
- nostre (standard)
Etymology
From Old Catalan nostro.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈnɔs.tɾo/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈnɔs.tɾu/
Pronoun
nostro (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostros, feminine plural nostres)
- (Eastern dialectal, Balearics, Alghero) our, ours
Usage notes
When preceding a noun, the pronoun nostro is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.
This form is found within Balearic, Algherese and some additional Eastern dialects.
Declension
strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive | |||||
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singular | proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | ||||
1st person | jo, mi3 | em, m’ | -me, ’m | em, m’ | -me, ’m | meu | ||
1st person majestic1 | nós | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
2nd person | tu | et, t’ | -te, ’t | et, t’ | -te, ’t | teu | ||
2nd person formal1 | vós | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||
2nd person very formal2 | vostè | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | ||
3rd person masculine | ell | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | ||
3rd person feminine | ella | la, l’4 | -la | li | -li | seu | ||
3rd person neuter | ho | -ho | li | -li | seu | |||
3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu | ||
plural | ||||||||
1st person | nosaltres | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
2nd person | vosaltres | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||
2nd person formal2 | vostès | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
3rd person masculine | ells | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
3rd person feminine | elles | les | -les | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu | ||
adverbial | ||||||||
ablative/genitive | en, n’ | -ne, ’n | ||||||
locative | hi | -hi | ||||||
1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person. | 3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. |
References
- “nostro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Istriot
Etymology
From Latin noster, nostrum.
Adjective
nostro m sg (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostri, feminine plural nostre)
- our
Pronoun
nostro
- our, ours
Related terms
- vostro
Italian
Etymology
From Latin nostrum, from Proto-Italic *nosteros.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.stro/
- Rhymes: -ɔstro
- Hyphenation: nò‧stro
Determiner
nostro (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostri, feminine plural nostre)
- (possessive) our
- i nostri figli ― our children
- le nostre macchine ― our cars
- Cosa Nostra ― the Mafia
- nostro padre ― our father
- (possessive) of ours
- questo nostro parente ― this relative of ours
- (emphatic) our own
- nostro proprio bambino ― our own baby
Pronoun
nostro (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostri, feminine plural nostre)
- ours
- questa penna è nostra ― this pen is ours
Usage notes
- The use or non-use of the definite article in conjunction with the determiner and possessive pronoun is the same as for mio; see the usage note there.
Noun
nostro m (plural nostri)
- ours, our own
- (in the plural) our possessions, friends, relatives etc.
See also
- loro
- mio
- suo
- tuo
- vostro
Anagrams
- sontro, storno, stornò
Latin
Pronoun
nostrō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of noster
Old French
Pronoun
nostro m
- (very early Old French) Alternative form of nostre
Usage notes
- Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg
Old Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin nostrum, accusative of noster (“our”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔs̺.tɾo/
Pronoun
nostro m
- (formal, Christianity) First-person possessive pronoun. Our
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 330 (facsimile):
- madre de deus noſtro ſennor
- Mother of God, our Lord
- madre de deus noſtro ſennor
-
Usage notes
- only used in the expression "Nostro Sennor" (“Our Lord”)
Synonyms
- nosso
Descendants
- Galician: nostro (dialectal, proscribed)