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el
he /jel/
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Also: him, it (for a masculine noun)
Example sentences
El este fericit.
He is happy.
El merge la școală în fiecare zi.
He goes to school every day.
Am vorbit cu el ieri.
I spoke with him yesterday.
Deși el nu a fost de acord, am continuat planul.
Although he did not agree, we continued the plan.
El însuși a recunoscut că greșise.
He himself admitted that he had been wrong.
Fie el cât de talentat, tot mai are multe de învățat.
However talented he may be, he still has much to learn.
Word family
Etymology
Romanian "el" descends from the Latin demonstrative "ille" (that one), which took over the role of third-person pronoun across most Romance languages. Latin "ille" itself is usually traced to an older form built on a root meaning "other" or "beyond". Romanian kept the pattern seen in French "il", Italian "egli", and Spanish "él", all descended from the same Latin source.
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