tu

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[edit] Breton

[edit] Noun

tu m.

  1. side

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin tu.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

tu

  1. you (singular); thou
  2. one (singular) (impersonal)

[edit] 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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[edit] Czech

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[edit] Adverb

tu

  1. (informal) here

[edit] Pronoun

tu

  1. Feminine accusative singular of ten

[edit] Ewe

[edit] Noun

tu (plural tuwo)

  1. gun

[edit] Verb

tu

  1. to build
  2. to close
  3. to crush
  4. to grind
  5. to meet
  6. to untie

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Old French tu, from Latin tu.

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[edit] Pronoun

tu (second person singular possessive, adjective ton)

  1. You (singular); thou.

[edit] Inflection

  • Nominative: tu
  • Emphatic: toi
  • Oblique: te

[edit] Usage notes

  • When more pronouns are included in the same sentence, it is considered impolite to say the pronoun je at first, it must be the last one, and tu must be said after absent (this applies also for toi and moi):
    • Nous irons, Rose, toi et moi, "Rose, you and I will go".

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French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject)		 Reflexive Accusative
(direct complement)		 Dative
(indirect complement)		 Locative
(at)		 Genitive
(of)		 Disjunctive
(tonic)
Singular First — je, j' me, m' — — moi
Second — tu, t' te, t' — — toi
Third Masculine il se, s' le, l' lui y en lui
Feminine elle la, l' elle
— on — — — — soi
Plural First — nous nous — — nous
Second — vous vous — — vous
Third Masculine ils se, s' les leur y en eux
Feminine elles elles

[edit] See also

  • vous (plural form and polite singular form)
  • t' (proclitic form)

[edit] Verb

tu m. (f tue, m plural tus, f plural tues)

  1. Past participle of taire

[edit] Particle

tu

  1. (Quebec)(informal) question marker
    C'est-tu possible ?
    Is it possible ?

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[edit] German

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[edit] Verb

tu

  1. Imperative singular of tun.

[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Etymology

Latin and common Romance tu.

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[edit] Pronoun

tu (second person singular)

  1. you (singular); thou

[edit] Inflection

subject tu
object te
reflexive te
possessive tu, tue

[edit] Determiner

tu

  1. (possessive) your

[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin tu.

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[edit] Pronoun

tu (second person singular)

  1. you (singular); thou

[edit] Inflection

nominative tu
prepositional te
object, reflexive ti
possessive il tuo, la tua, i tuoi, le tue;
tuo, tua, tuoi, tue (see your for more information)

[edit] See also

  • Lei (polite singular form)
  • Loro (polite plural form)
  • voi (plural and polite singular form)

[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Pronoun

tu (second person singular)

  1. you (singular); thou

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognates include Ancient Greek σύ (sý), Sanskrit त्वम् (tvám), Old English þū, Old Persian 𐎬𐎺𐎶 (tuvam).

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[edit] Pronoun

tū (second person singular, possessive adjective tuus)

  1. you (singular); thou
    Mē tuī pudet.
    I am ashamed of you.

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[edit] Inflection

Irregular declension

Number Singular Plural
nominative tū vōs
genitive tuī vestrī, vestrum
dative tibi vōbīs
accusative tē vōs
ablative tē vōbīs
vocative tū vōs


[edit] Usage notes

When used in the plural genitive, vestrī is used when it is the object of an action, especially when used with a gerund or gerundive. When used in such a construction, the gerund or gerundive takes on the masculine genitive singular. Vestrum is used as a partitive genitive, used in constructions such as (one of you).

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Latin personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative Possessive
Singular First — ego meī mihi mē meus, -a, -um
Second — tū tuī tibi tē tuus, -a, -um
Reflexive Third — — suī sibi sē, sēsē suus, -a, -um
Third Masculine is eius eī eum eō eius
Feminine ea eam eā
Neuter id id eō
Plural First — nōs nostrī, nostrum nōbīs nōs nōbīs noster, -tra, -trum
Second — vōs vestrī, vestrum vōbīs vōs vōbīs vester, -tra, -trum
Reflexive Third — — suī sibi sē, sēsē suus, -a, -um
Third Masculine eī, iī eōrum eīs eōs eīs eōrum
Feminine eae eārum eās eārum
Neuter ea eōrum ea eōrum

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Descendants

  • Catalan: tu
  • French: tu
  • Friulian: tu
  • Italian: tu
  • Portuguese: tu
  • Romanian: tu
  • Romansch: ti
  • Sicilian: tu
  • Spanish: tú

[edit] Latvian

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

tu

  1. (informal singular) you

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declension of tu
2nd person singular
nominative tu
genitive tevis
dative tevim, tev
accusative tevi
locative tevī

[edit] Lithuanian

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

tu

  1. (second-person singular, informal) you

[edit] Declension

declension of tu
singular dual plural
nominative tù jùdu m, jùdvi f jū̃s
genitive tavę̃s jùdviejų jū́sų
dative táu jùdviem jùms
accusative tavè jùdu m, jùdvi f jùs
instrumental tavimì, tavim̃ jùdviem jumìs
locative tavyjè, tavỹ jùdviese jumysè

[edit] Lojban

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[edit] Cmavo

tu

  1. that over there; something distant from both speaker and listener

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Romanization

tu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of tú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of tù.

[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] Nigerian Pidgin

[edit] Etymology 1

From English too

[edit] Adverb

tu

  1. too
  2. very

[edit] Etymology 2

From English two

[edit] Cardinal number

tu

  1. two

[edit] Occitan

[edit] Etymology

Latin tu

[edit] Pronoun

tu

  1. you (second-person singular subject pronoun)

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic. Etymon of Modern English two and cognate with Swedish två. Also related to the Romance cognates: French deux, Spanish dos and Latin duo; the Hellenic: Greek δύο (duo); and the Slavic: Russian два (dva).

[edit] Cardinal number

tu

  1. The neuter form of twegen.

[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Adverb

tu

  1. here

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /tu/, SAMPA: /tu/
  • Hyphenation: tu

[edit] Etymology

From Latin tu.

[edit] Pronoun

tu (second person singular, possessive adjective of masculine teu, possessive adjective of feminine tua)

  1. (Portugal) you (singular, informal)
  2. (Brazil) you (singular, informal, not used in some regions)

[edit] Usage notes

  • "tu" has fallen out of use in many areas of Brazil, where "você" has taken its place. In those regions, it's mainly used in poetry (but not always) or when one wants to sound archaic. It's still very commonly used in various regions of the country, though.
  • According to grammars, "tu" should always take second person singular verbs, as is the case in Portugal and some parts of Brazil. However, in many Brazilian dialects which employ "tu", it now takes third person singular verbs, like "você".

[edit] See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Subject
(nominative case)		 Objective
(accusative case)		 Prepositional
(dative case)		 com +
indirect object
(comitative case)
Singular First eu me mim comigo
Second tu, você, o senhor, a senhora te, você, o senhor, a senhora ti, você, o senhor, a senhora contigo
Third ele, ela lhe, o, a, se ele, ela, si consigo
Plural First nós nos nós conosco
Second vós, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras vos, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras vós, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras convosco
Third eles, elas lhes, os, as, se eles, elas, si com eles, com elas, consigo

[edit] Romani

[edit] Pronoun

tu (personal)

  1. you (singular)

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin tū.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

tu (second-person singular)

  1. you

[edit] Declension

Declension
Nominative
tu
Accusative
stressed (pe) unstressed
tine te
Genitive
Singular Plural
m. & n. f. m. f. & n.
tău ta tăi tale
Dative
stressed unstressed
ţie îţi
Reflexive
Accusative Dative
stressed unstressed stressed unstressed
tine te ţie îţi

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Romanian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person eu noi
2nd person familiar tu voi
polite dumneata dumneavoastră
formal dumneavoastră
3rd person
familiar		 m. el ei
f. ea ele
3rd person
polite		 m. dumnealui dumnealor
f. dumneaei

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish tú.

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[edit] Pronoun

tu

  1. you (singular, informal)

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[edit] Usage notes

  • The more usual form today is thu, while tu is the form used in certain constructions, for instance in the conditional tense.

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Adverb

tu (Cyrillic spelling ту)

  1. there

[edit] Sicilian

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Etymology

From Latin tu.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

tu (second person singular)

  1. you (informal); thou

[edit] Inflection

nominative tu
prepositional tia
object, reflexive ti

[edit] Slovene

[edit] Adverb

tu

  1. here (in, on, or at this place)


This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at here. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see tu in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Latin tuus

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /tu/, SAMPA: /tu/
  • Homophones: ‎tú ‎(“you”)‎

[edit] Adjective

tu (second person singular possessive of singular, of plural tus)

  1. (before the noun) apocopic form of tuyo Your.

[edit] Usage notes

The forms tu and tus are only used before and within the noun phrase of the modified noun. In other positions, a form of tuyo is used instead:

Son tus libros. — “[They] are your books.”
Son los libros tuyos. — “[They] are your books.” (“...the books of yours.”)

[edit] Synonyms

  • (parts of Central and South America) vos
[edit] Related terms
    Spanish possessive adjectives
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

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[edit] Sranan Tongo

[edit] Number

tu

  1. (cardinal) two

[edit] Swahili

[edit] Adverb

tu

  1. only

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Cardinal number

tu

  1. (archaic, cardinal) two

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[edit] Tocharian A

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate with Tocharian B tuwe.

[edit] Pronoun

tu

  1. you

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

tu

  1. Title of nobility

[edit] Verb

tu

  1. to meditate

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