iou

See also: IOU and -ioù

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• io, eu

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Pronoun

iou

1. me
2. (first-person singular pronoun) I

Related terms

• mini/mine

See also

• tu, tini
• el/elu, nãs
• noi
• voi
• nãsh, elj

Macanese

Alternative forms

• io, ieu

Etymology

Probably from Portuguese eu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jow/

Pronoun

iou (prepositional mi)

1. I, me (first-person singular personal pronoun)

   Maria já olâ co iou

   Maria saw me

   Vêm co iou

   Come with me

Usage notes

• For the most part, Macanese does not have pronoun inflections (accusative, dative, etc.). The exception is mi, the prepositional form of iou, but even this is extremely rare in modern Macanese. One may encounter pa mi (“for me”) in older texts, which in modern Macanese would typically simply be pa iou.

Derived terms

• iou-sua, iou-sa (“my”)

See also

Macanese personal pronouns (edit)
Person	Singular	Possessive	Plural	Possessive	Reflexive	Possessive
First	iou, io, mi*, ieu*	iou-sa, iou-sua#, minha, io-sa, io-sua#	nôs, nosôtro*	nôs-sa, nôsso, nôs-sua#	onçóm	su, onçóm-sa*, onçóm-sua#
Second	vôs	vôs-sa, vôsso, su, vôs-sua#	vosôtro	vosôtro-sa, su, vosôtro-sua#
Third	êle, êla*	êle-sa, su, êle-sua#	ilôtro, elôtro*, olôtro*, ulôtro*	ilôtro-sa, su, ilôtro-sua#

#: dated.
*: rare.

Further reading

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm