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iou

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See also: IOU and -ioù

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Pronoun

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iou

  1. me
  2. (first-person singular pronoun) I
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Macanese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably from Portuguese eu.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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iou (prepositional mi)

  1. I, me (first-person singular personal pronoun)
    Maria já olâ co iou
    Maria saw me
    Vêm co iou
    Come with me

Usage notes

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  • For the most part, Macanese does not have pronoun inflections (accusative, dative, etc.). The exception is mi,[1] the prepositional form of iou, but even this is extremely rare in modern Macanese. One may encounter pa mi (for me) in older texts, which in modern Macanese would typically simply be pa iou.

Derived terms

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Macanese personal pronouns (edit)
Person Singular Possessive Plural Possessive Reflexive Possessive
First iou, io, mi*, ieu* iou-sa, iou-sua#, minha, io-sa, io-sua# nôs, nosôtro* nôs-sa, nôsso, nôs-sua# onçóm su, onçóm-sa*, onçóm-sua#
Second vôs vôs-sa, vôsso, su, vôs-sua# vosôtro vosôtro-sa, su, vosôtro-sua#
Third êle, êla* êle-sa, su, êle-sua# ilôtro, elôtro*, olôtro*, ulôtro* ilôtro-sa, su, ilôtro-sua#

#: dated.
*: rare.

References

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