ju

See also jū, jú, jǔ, jù, jū, JU, and ju1

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ju/

Pronoun

ju (accusative ju, dative juve, ablative jush)

1. you (plural or polite)

Declension

forms of ju

	ju (2nd person plural)
nominative	ju
ablative	jush
	full form	clitic
accusative	ju	ju
dative	juve	ju
	possessive adjective	possessive pronoun
	juaj	juaji

See also

Albanian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		unë	ne
2nd person		ti	ju
3rd person	m.	ai	ata
	f.	ajo	ato

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Borôro

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʒuː/

Noun

ju

1. manioc

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Dutch

Interjection

ju

1. Said to a horse to make it start moving.

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Esperanto

Particle

ju

1. the; used with des and either pli (“more”) or malpli (“less”) to form the second half of a coordinated comparative.
   • 1903, Ben Elmy, “La Lingvo de la floroj”, in The Esperantist: The Esperanto Gazette for the Spreading of the International Language, page 138,

     Ju pli ni studas la florojn, des pli ni konstatas, ke multe da ili posedas nesuspektitajn lertecojn, kiujn apud besto ni volonte nomus instinkto au еĉ prudento.

     “The more we study the flowers, the more we establish that many of them possess unexpected abilities, which in an animal we would willingly call instinct or even foresight.”

See also

• des

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Gothic

Romanization

ju

1. Romanization of 𐌾𐌿

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Japanese

Syllable

ju

1. The hiragana syllable じゅ (ju) or the katakana syllable ジュ (ju) in Hepburn romanization.
2. The hiragana syllable ぢゅ (ju) or the katakana syllable ヂュ (ju) in Hepburn romanization.

Noun

ju (hiragana じゅ)

1. 綬: cordon ,ribbon

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Lojban

Conjunction

ju (selma'o ja)

1. whether (or not). Joins two predicate words in a complex predicate.

Derived terms

• .iju

Related terms

• .u
• gi'u
• gu
• gu'u

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Mandarin

Romanization

ju

1. Nonstandard spelling of jū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of jú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of jǔ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of jù.

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.

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Saterland Frisian

Article

ju f.

1. the

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ju/

Pronoun

ju (Cyrillic spelling ју)

1. her (clitic accusative singular of òna (“she”))

Declension

    Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns

	Singular			Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	ȏn	òna	òno	òni	òne	òna
genitive	njȅga, ga	njȇ, je	njȅga, ga	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
dative	njȅmu, mu	njȏj, joj	njȅmu, mu	njȉma, im	njȉma, im	njȉma, im
accusative	njȅga, ga, nj	njȗ, ju, je, nju	njȅga, ga, nj	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
vocative	-	-	-	-	-	-
locative	njȅm, njȅmu	njȏj	njȅm, njȅmu	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma
instrumental	njȋm, njíme	njȏm, njóme	njȋm, njíme	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma

Alternative forms

• iju

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ju/

Interjection

ju (Cyrillic spelling ју)

1. used to express surprise

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jɵ/, /jʉː/

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Adverb

ju

1. Used to indicate an expectation of common understanding, or that what is said is an obvious fact.

   Bussen går ju klockan tre.

   The bus of course leaves at three o' clock. (with an expectation that the second party in the conversation is aware of the fact)

ju...desto

1. The...the (when comparing)

   Ju större, desto bättre.

   The larger, the better.