gu
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See also Appendix:Variations of "gu"
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
gu
- Alternative spelling of gue.
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Basque
[edit] Pronoun
gu
[edit] Dena'ina
[edit] Adverb
gu
[edit] Determiner
gu
[edit] Isthmus Zapotec
[edit] Noun
gu
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Syllable
gu
[edit] Noun
gu (hiragana ぐ)
[edit] Lojban
[edit] Conjunction
gu
- whether (or not)
[edit] Usage notes
- This is a coordinating conjunction: gu ... gi ... means ... whether or not ....
[edit] See also
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Romanization
gu
- Nonstandard spelling of gū.
- Nonstandard spelling of gú.
- Nonstandard spelling of gǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of gù.
[edit] Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɡu/
[edit] Particle
gu
- Makes an adverb when placed in front of an adjective
- Tha mi gu math. I am (doing) well.
[edit] Usage notes
- Before vowels the form gu h- is used.
[edit] Preposition
gu
- till, until
- Fanaidh mi gu ochd uairean. - I'll wait until eight o'clock.
- to
- Chuir mi litir gu mo phàrantan. - I sent a letter to my parents.
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Usage notes
- Before the definite article takes the form chun and is followed by the genitive instead of the dative.
- Is toil e a bhith a' dol gu partaidhean. - He likes going to parties.
- A bheil thu tighinn chun a' phartaidh? - Are you coming to the party?
[edit] Derived terms
| Combining pronoun | Prepositional pronoun | Prepositional pronoun (emphatic) |
| mi | thugam | thugamsa |
| tu | thugad | thugadsa |
| e | thuige | thuigesan |
| i | thuice | thuicese |
| sinn | thugainn | thugainne |
| sibh | thugaibh | thugaibhse |
| iad | thuca | thucasan |
[edit] Conjunction
gu
