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nuàutri

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Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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nui +‎ àutri. Compare Italian noialtri, Spanish nosotros.

Pronoun

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nuàutri

  1. we

Usage notes

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  • The pronoun nui is rarely used in Sicilian by itself. Instead, the preferred forms combine nui (“we”) and àutri (“others”), such as nuàutri.[1]
  • The actual spelling and pronunciation of this pronoun varies highly by dialect.

Inflection

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Sicilian personal pronouns
number person nominative prepositional accusative dative reflexive
singular
1st eu (a) mìa mi
2nd tu tia ti
3rd m iḍḍu lu / u ci si
f iḍḍa la / a
plural
1st nuàutri, nui ni
2nd vuàutri, vui vi
3rd iḍḍi li / i ci si

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pitrè, Giuseppe (1875), Fiabe, novelle e racconti popolari siciliani, Volume 4‎[1] (in Italian), Palermo: L. Pedone Lauriel, →ISBN, page ccx