nosaltres

Catalan

Alternative forms
  • nosaltros (dialectal, Algherese)
  • mosaltros (Algherese, informal)
  • nosatres (nominative, dialectal plural)
  • nosatros (nominative, dialectal plural)
  • mosatros (informal, nominative, dialectal plural)
  • naltres (nominative, dialectal plural)
  • nantres (nominative, dialectal plural)
  • natros (nominative, dialectal plural)
  • matros (nominative, dialectal plural)
  • naltros (nominative, dialectal plural)
  • noltros (nominative, dialectal plural)

Etymology

From older nós ("we") + altres ("others", plural form of altre). Compare Occitan nosautres, Spanish nosotros.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /noˈzal.tɾəs/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /nuˈzal.tɾəs/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /noˈzal.tɾes/
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Pronoun

nosaltres

  1. we

Declension
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
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-.

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