vostre
Catalan
Alternative forms
- vostro (dialectal)
Etymology
From Old Catalan vostre, vostra, from Latin voster, vostrum, vostra(m) (older vester), from Proto-Italic *westeros.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈvɔs.tɾə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈbɔs.tɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈvɔs.tɾe/
- Homophone: vostra (Central, Balearic)
Pronoun
vostre m (feminine vostra, plural vostres)
- your, yours (plural)
- Esteu a casa vostra? ― Are you at home? (literally, “Are you at your house?”)
Usage notes
When preceding a noun, the pronoun vostre is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.
Declension
| strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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-. | |||||||
Determiner
vostre m (feminine vostra, plural vostres)
- (archaic, dialectal) your (plural)
Usage notes
The use of vostre and the other possessive determiners is mostly archaic in the majority of dialects, with articulated possessive pronouns (e.g. el meu) mostly being used in their stead. However, mon, ton, and son are still widely used before certain nouns referring to family members and some affective nouns, such as amic, casa, and vida. Which nouns actually find use with the possessive determiners depends greatly on the locale.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔtʁ/
Pronoun
vostre (plural vostres)
- Archaic spelling of votre.
Anagrams
- orvets, vôtres
Interlingua
Determiner
vostre
- (possessive, in the plural) your
Italian
Determiner
vostre
- feminine plural of vostro
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French vostre.
Pronoun
vostre
- your (second-person plural or polite possessive pronoun)
Usage notes
- As with vous, vostre is either plural or polite
Descendants
- French: votre
Old French
Etymology
From Latin voster, vostrum, vostra(m).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɔs.trə/
Pronoun
vostre
- your (plural or polite form)
Declension
| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Subject | vostres | vostre | vostre |
| Oblique | vostre | vostre | vostre | |
| Plural | Subject | vostre | vostres, voz or vos | vostre |
| Oblique | vostres, voz or vos | vostres, voz or vos | vostre |
Descendants
- Middle French: vostre
- French: votre, vôtre
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin voster, vostrum (older vester).
Pronoun
vostre m (feminine vostra, apocopic form vostr')
- your (plural or polite form)
Descendants
- Occitan: vòstre
Tarantino
Adjective
vostre
- feminine singular of vuèstre