ils

Betekenis (Engels)

1. they (male or mixed group)
2. (informal) they (female)

Sinonieme

elles

eux

les

il

👨

la

elle

👩

leur

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/il/

Etimologie (Engels)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin illī, which sounded il in Old French, to which a plural -s was added. While il was the nominative form from late Latin, els, eus was the oblique form ("them") that had evolved from late Latin illōs, and is the ancestor of modern French eux.
In Old French, "they", being a nominative, was il from late Latin *illi, thus it didn't have the final -s, thus it was il used both for "he" and "they". The -s was added at the end of the 13th century in some regions, at the time the declension system of Old French started to collapse. As a consequence, some oïl languages in France have retained the original Old French il-form, and in some other regions, the ils-form supplanted the older one. Some dialects have even retained both forms depending on the locals.
See cognates in regional languages in France: Angevin, Champenois, Lorrain, and Orléanais is; Bourbonnais-Berrichon ils; Bourguignon âs; Franc-Comtois and Poitevin-Saintongeais és; Gallo i and iz; Norman i and is; Picard is and i; Franco-Provençal ils; Occitan els (Gascon eus); Catalan ells; Corsican elli.

Sinne

Ils nous attendent .

They're waiting for us.

Ils lui laissent aussi quelques fleurs .

They also leave her some flowers.

Au cours de leur voyage de retour , ils ont rencontré le pape à Rome .

During their return trip, they met the Pope in Rome.

Ils sont en outre amants .

They are also lovers.

Ils sont très utiles pour les urgences et le devoir urgent .

They are very useful for emergencies and urgent duty.

Ils peuvent aussi être servis dans un rouleau comme un sandwich .

They can also be served in a roll like a sandwich.

Ils divorcent après avoir eu trois enfants , deux filles et un garçon .

They divorced after having three children, two girls and a boy.

Ils le comparaient quelquefois .

They sometimes compared him.