Ils

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Contents 1 French 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Pronoun 1.2.1 Usage 1.2.2 Etymology

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /il/
• SAMPA: /il/

Pronoun

1. They

Usage

Ils is used for a group with at least one masculine noun in (even if there is only one masculine noun and a thousand feminine nouns in the group). If the group referred to contains only feminine nouns, elles is to be used

Etymology

From latine illos (Nominative plural of ille) used in Vulgar Latine in place of the inexistant third person pronoun.

ang:ils et:ils es:ils fr:ils hu:ils fi:ils zh:ils