Kilo Lingo

/il/

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Translation

he, it (masculine)

Word origin

From Latin ille ('that one, he'), the demonstrative pronoun that also gave the definite article le. English has no direct cognate, though ille underlies many Romance pronouns.

Origin
Latin
Root
ille

Examples

Lyon l' .

He has been living in Lyon since last year.

, .

It's cold this morning, put on a jacket.

? .

My brother? He'll be here in ten minutes.

pleut .

It has been raining since this morning without stopping.

trafic.

We must leave early to avoid the traffic.

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