jo

See also Appendix:Variations of "jo"

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Scots jo (“joy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒəʊ/

Noun

jo (plural jos)

1. (Scotland) Darling, sweetheart.

Anagrams

• OJ

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Basque

Verb

jo

1. hit

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Bavarian

Adverb

jo

1. yes

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʒɔ/, /ˈjɔ/, SAMPA: /ZO/, /jO/
• Rhymes: -o, -ɔ

Etymology

From Latin ego.

Pronoun

jo (strong)

1. I
2. (after certain prepositions) me

Synonyms

• mi (after most prepositions)

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi2	em, m'	-me, 'm	em, m'	-me, 'm	meu
2nd person	tu	et, t'	-te, 't	et, t'	-te, 't	teu
2nd person formal4	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person  very formal1	vostè	el, l'	-lo, 'l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l'	-lo, 'l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l'3	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s'	-se, 's	es, s'	-se, 's	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, 'ns	ens	-nos, 'ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal1	vostès	els	-los, 'ls	els	-los, 'ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, 'ls	els	-los, 'ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, 'ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s'	-se, 's	es, s'	-se, 's	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n'	-ne, 'n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as third person. 2) Only as object of a preposition.			3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. 4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Particle

jo

1. (colloquial) yeah, yep

Synonyms

• ano

Antonyms

• ne

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Dutch

Etymology

From English yo.

Interjection

jo

1. hi

   Ey! - Jo! - Hey! - Hi!

2. bye

   Later! - Jo! - Later! - Bye!

3. you too

   Fijn weekend! - Jo! - Have a nice weekend! - You too!

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈjo̞]
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: jo

Adverb

jo

1. already

   Luin kirjan jo loppuun.

   I already finished the book.

2. now (emphasizing word)

   (impatiently) Tule jo!

   Come now!

See also

• jopa

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Japanese

Syllable

jo

1. The hiragana syllable じょ (jo) or the katakana syllable ジョ (jo) in Hepburn romanization.
2. The hiragana syllable ぢょ (jo) or the katakana syllable ヂョ (jo) in Hepburn romanization.

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Kashubian

Interjection

jo

1. yes

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [jo]

Pronoun

jo

1. (3rd person singular masculine possessive) his

Pronoun

jo m.

1. (third-person singular) genitive form of jis.

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Lojban

Conjunction

jo (selma'o ja)

1. if and only if. Joins two predicate words in a complex predicate.

Derived terms

• .ijo
• jonai

Related terms

• .o
• gi'o
• go
• gu'o

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [jɔ]

Verb

jo

1. 3rd person singular present of byś: is

Luxembourgish

Adverb

jo

1. yes

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adverb

jo

1. yes; in disagreement with the last speaker.

   Du har ikke pusset tennene vel? - Jo, (det har jeg)

   You haven't brushed your teeth, have you? - Yes, I have

2. yes or no; expressing doubt. (colloquial)

   Vil du være med? - Jo...

   Do you want to join? - I'm not sure

Usage notes

ja can be interpreted as an agreement with the person replied to. jo is used instead of ja if this agreement could cause ambiguity. In example 1, agreement with the person asking the question would be the opposite of a confirmation that one actually did brush the teeth. As such ja would be ambiguous. The answer jo removes the possibility of agreement with the speaker.

Related terms

• jojo

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• ieu

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʒu/, /ju/

Etymology

From Latin ego.

Pronoun

jo

1. (Gascony) I

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Old French

Alternative forms

• je
• jeo
• jou
• ge

Etymology

Latin ego

Pronoun

jo

1. I

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Spanish

Interjection

¡Jo!

1. Used to express surprise, amazement, or confusion.

   Jo!

   I never heard anything like that before.

   Jo!

   Are you serious?

   Jo!

   Boy!

2. stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /juː/

Interjection

jo

1. yes; used as a disagreement to a negative statement.

   Du har inte borstat tänderna, eller hur? - Jo.

   "You haven't brushed your teeth, have you? - Yes, I have."

Usage notes

Ja (yes) can be interpreted as an agreement with the person replied to. Jo is used instead of ja if this agreement could cause ambiguity. In the example above agreement with the person asking the question would be the opposite of a confirmation that one actually did brush the teeth. As such ja would be ambiguous. The answer jo removes the possibility of agreement with the speaker.

In northern Sweden it is however not uncommon for the word jo to be used in place of ja in all cases, at least in spoken language.

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West Frisian

Pronoun

jo

1. you (polite)
2. your (polite)

Usage notes

Though it is a singular pronoun, jo takes the plural conjugation of verbs.