/il/
Translation
they (masculine or mixed group)
Word origin
The plural of il, from Latin illi ('those, they'), the plural of the demonstrative ille ('that one'). The same demonstrative gave the French article les.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- illi
Examples
.
They're arriving tomorrow on the night train.
? Provence.
My parents? They live in Provence.
.
They decided to leave without telling us.
Bordeaux .
They moved to Bordeaux last month.
' .
They will join us as soon as they're finished.
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Grammar articles
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French Imparfait: One Stem, One Set of Endings, One Irregular
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French Stressed Pronouns: moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles
French Subject Pronouns: je, tu, il, nous, vous, ils and the on That Replaced nous
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