meteis

The Same

Level 3

Meteis means the same: lo meteis jorn, la meteissa causa.

How It Works

Form	Used with	Example
meteis	masculine singular	lo meteis jorn
meteissa	feminine singular	la meteissa causa
meteisses	masculine plural	los meteisses libres
meteissas	feminine plural	las meteissas causas

The feminine and the plurals are spelled with a double s. To say the same as, add que: lo meteis nom que son paire.

You will also meet mème, mèma in speech and in some texts. This course writes meteis, the form the dictionaries give first.

After a pronoun or a noun, meteis stresses who or what, like English self or the very. It agrees with the person: ieu meteis (I myself), tu meteissa (you yourself, to a woman), ela meteissa (she herself), eles meteisses (they themselves). With a noun: lo mètge meteis (the doctor himself).

Examples (5)

Joan e Marta demòran dins lo meteis ostal.
Joan and Marta live in the same house.
Lo meteis goes before the masculine noun ostal.
Trabalham dins la meteissa vila.
We work in the same town.
Meteissa is the feminine form, before vila.
Los dròlles legisson los meteisses libres.
The children read the same books.
Meteisses is the masculine plural.
Cantam las meteissas cançons.
We sing the same songs.
Meteissas is the feminine plural.
Joan a lo meteis nom que son paire.
Joan has the same name as his father.
Que means as after meteis.

Common Mistakes

Not changing meteis for a feminine noun.
Trabalham dins la meteis vila.
Trabalham dins la meteissa vila.
Meteis agrees with the noun, so a feminine noun takes meteissa.

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meteisLevel 3The Same

Learn This First

Meteis agrees with its noun and goes with the article, so the feminine of adjectives comes first.

Feminine Adjectives
Know the feminine of adjectives, because meteis changes with its noun: lo meteis ostal, la meteissa vila.
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