su
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[edit] Azeri
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | су |
| Roman | su |
| Perso-Arabic | سو |
[edit] Pronunciation
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[edit] Noun
su definite accusative suyu plural sular
[edit] Basque
[edit] Noun
su
[edit] Finnish
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Abbreviation
su
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
su m. (f sue, m plural sus, f plural sues)
[edit] Usage notes
Usually translated into English using the past tense (e.g. “I knew”) rather than the perfect tense (e.g. *“I have known”).
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Guaraní
[edit] Number
su
[edit] Interlingua
[edit] Determiner
su
[edit] Usage notes
- Does not decline on the basis of gender or number.
[edit] Italian
[edit] Etymology
From Latin sūsum, which is a variant of sūrsum.[1] Cognate to French sus.
[edit] Pronunciation
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[edit] Adverb
su
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Interjection
su!
[edit] Preposition
su
- on, upon, onto, on top
- Lezione d'inglese numero 1: Il libro è sulla tavola - English lesson number 1: The book is on the table.
- over
- L'orologio sul polsino della camicia era il marchio di fabbrica di Gianni Agnelli - The watch over the shirt cuff was Gianni Agnelli's trademark.
- about, on
- Gli italiani non sono d'accordo su molte cose sul come cucinare la pasta e soprattutto sul condimento - Italians don't agree on many things about how to cook pasta and especially on the sauce.
- above
- La Paz, che sorge a circa 3600 metri sul livello del mare, è la più alta capitale del mondo. - La Paz, which lies about 3600 metres above sea level, is the world's highest capital city.
- in, out of
- Un europeo su cinque avrà più di 65 anni entro il 2025 - One in five Europeans will be more than 65 years old by year 2025.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Usage notes
When followed by a definite article, su is combined with the article to give the following combined forms:
| Su + article | Combined form |
|---|---|
| su + il | sul |
| su + lo | sullo |
| su + l' | sull' |
| su + i | sui |
| su + gli | sugli |
| su + la | sulla |
| su + le | sulle |
[edit] References
- ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Syllable
su
[edit] Noun
su (hiragana す)
[edit] Lithuanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [sʊ]
[edit] Preposition
sù (with instrumental)
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Lojban
[edit] Cmavo
su
- (metalinguistic eraser) deletes everything the speaker has said
[edit] Usage notes
If su occurs in a dialog, it deletes only what the speaker has said, unless he has said only su, in which case the whole discussion is deleted. It follows that the repetition susu always deletes the whole discussion.
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[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Romanization
su
[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] Old English
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sūz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHs. Germanic cognates: Old Saxon sū, Old High German sū (German Sau), Old Norse sýr (Swedish so)
Other European cognates: Ancient Greek ὗς (hus), Latin sus, Common Slavic svinja.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /suː/
[edit] Noun
sū f.
- a sow
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[edit] Spanish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /su/
[edit] Adjective
su (third person possessive of singular, of plural sus)
- (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo His, her, its, one's, their.
- Vino con su amigo.
- He came with his friend.
- Habló a sus hijas.
- He spoke to his daughters.
- Vino con su amigo.
- (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo Your.
[edit] Usage notes
The forms su and sus are only used before and within the noun phrase of the modified noun. In other positions, a form of suyo is used instead:
- Son sus libros. — “[They] are his books.”
- Son los libros suyos. — “[They] are his books.” (“...the books of him.”)
- Son los suyos. — "[They] are his."
[edit] Related terms
| possessor | preposed | postposed or standalone | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| possessee | possessee | ||||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | ||||
| First person: | singular: | mi | mis | mío | mía | míos | mías |
| plural: | (same as postposed/standalone) | nuestro | nuestra | nuestros | nuestras | ||
| Second person (informal): |
singular: | tu | tus | tuyo | tuya | tuyos | tuyas |
| plural: | (same as postposed/standalone) | vuestro | vuestra | vuestros | vuestras | ||
| Third person: | su | sus | suyo | suya | suyos | suyas | |
[edit] Adverb
su
- About, approximately.
- pesa sus dos kilogramos = it weighs about two kilograms.
[edit] Turkish
[edit] Etymology
From Old Turkic suv, from Proto-Turkic.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
su (definite accusative suyu, plural sular)
[edit] Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | suyum | sularım |
| senin (your) | suyun | suların |
| onun (his/her/its) | suyu | suları |
| bizim (our) | suyumuz | sularımız |
| sizin (your) | suyunuz | sularınız |
| onların (their) | suyu / suları | suları |
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