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Contents 1 Breton 1.1 Noun 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Pronoun 2.3.1 Inflection 2.4 See also 3 Croatian 3.1 Adverb 4 Czech 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Adverb 4.3 Pronoun 5 Ewe 5.1 Noun 5.2 Verb 6 French 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Pronoun 6.3.1 Inflection 6.3.2 Related terms 6.4 Verb 6.5 See also 6.6 Anagrams 7 German 7.1 Verb 8 Interlingua 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Pronunciation 8.3 Pronoun 8.3.1 Inflection 9 Italian 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Pronunciation 9.3 Pronoun 9.3.1 Inflection 9.4 See also 10 Kurdish 10.1 Pronoun 10.1.1 Inflection 10.1.2 See also 11 Latin 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Pronunciation 11.3 Pronoun 11.3.1 Quotations 11.3.2 Inflection 11.3.3 See also 11.3.4 Derived terms 12 Latvian 12.1 Pronoun 13 Lingua Franca Nova 13.1 Pronoun 14 Lithuanian 14.1 Pronunciation 14.2 Pronoun 14.2.1 Declension 15 Lojban 15.1 Pronunciation 15.2 Cmavo 15.2.1 Related terms 16 Mandarin 16.1 Pinyin syllable 16.1.1 Usage notes 17 Nigerian Pidgin 17.1 Etymology 1 17.1.1 Adverb 17.2 Etymology 2 17.2.1 Cardinal number 18 Polish 18.1 Pronunciation 18.2 Adverb 18.2.1 Synonyms 19 Portuguese 19.1 Pronunciation 19.2 Etymology 19.3 Pronoun 19.4 See also 20 Romani 20.1 Pronoun 21 Romanian 21.1 Etymology 21.2 Pronunciation 21.3 Pronoun 21.3.1 Declension 21.3.2 Synonyms 22 Scottish Gaelic 22.1 Etymology 22.2 Pronunciation 22.3 Pronoun 22.3.1 Synonyms 22.3.2 Usage notes 22.3.3 Derived terms 22.3.4 See also 23 Sicilian 23.1 Alternative forms 23.2 Pronunciation 23.3 Pronoun 23.3.1 Inflection 24 Slovene 24.1 Adverb 25 Spanish 25.1 Etymology 25.2 Pronunciation 25.3 Adjective 25.3.1 Usage notes 25.3.2 Synonyms 25.3.2.1 Related terms 26 Swahili 26.1 Adverb 27 Swedish 27.1 Cardinal number 27.1.1 Synonyms 27.1.2 See also 28 Tocharian A 28.1 Etymology 28.2 Pronoun 29 Vietnamese 29.1 Pronunciation 29.2 Noun 29.3 Verb 29.4 Related terms

[edit] Breton

[edit] Noun

tu m.

1. side

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

Latin tu.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tu/, X-SAMPA: /tu/

[edit] Pronoun

tu (second person singular)

1. you (singular); thou

[edit] Inflection

nominative	tu
oblique proclitic	et, t'-
oblique enclitic	te, -'t

[edit] See also

• vostè, vós (plural or polite)
• vosaltres (plural)

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Adverb

tu

1. there

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adverb

tu

1. (informal) Here.

[edit] Pronoun

tu

1. Feminine accusative singular of ten.

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[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

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Old French tu, from Latin tu.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ty/, SAMPA: /ty/
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• Homophones: tue, tues, tuent, tus, tut, tût

  Rhymes: -y

[edit] Pronoun

tu (second person singular possessive, adjective ton)

1. You (singular); thou.

[edit] Inflection

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

[edit] Related terms

• tutoyer

[edit] Verb

tu

1. Past participle of taire.

[edit] See also

• vous (plural form and polite singular form)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: tu
• ut

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[edit] German

[edit] Verb

tu

1. second-person singular imperative of tun

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[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Etymology

Latin and common Romance tu.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tu/, X-SAMPA: /tu/

[edit] Pronoun

tu (second person singular)

1. you (singular); thou

[edit] Inflection

subject	tu
object	te
reflexive	te
possessive	tu, tue

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

Latin tu

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tu/, SAMPA: /tu/

[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)

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[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Pronoun

tu (second person singular)

1. you (singular); thou

[edit] Inflection

• tu
• te

[edit] See also

• hûn

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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).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tuː/, X-SAMPA: /tu:/

[edit] Pronoun

tū (second person singular, possessive adjective tuus)

1. you (singular); thou

   Mē tuī pudet.

   I am ashamed of you.

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] Inflection

[edit] See also

• ego
• is

[edit] Derived terms

• tecum
• tute
• tutemet
• tutimet
• tepte
• tete
• quid tibi est?

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[edit] Latvian

[edit] Pronoun

tu (singular)

1. (informal) you

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[edit] Lingua Franca Nova

[edit] Pronoun

tu

1. you
2. your

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[edit] Lithuanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [tʊ]

[edit] Pronoun

tu

1. (second-person singular, informal) you

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tu/, SAMPA: /tu/

[edit] Cmavo

tu

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

[edit] Related terms

• ta
• ti

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

tu

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, tū, tú, tǔ, or 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.

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[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

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [tu]

[edit] Adverb

tu

1. here

[edit] Synonyms

• tutaj

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Etymology

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, formal)

[edit] See also

• você (polite)

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

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[edit] Romani

[edit] Pronoun

tu (personal)

1. you (singular)

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin tu

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tu/, SAMPA: /tu/

[edit] Pronoun

tu (second-person singular)

1. you

[edit] Declension

[edit] Synonyms

• dumneata (semi-polite form)
• dumneavoastră (polite form)

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish tú.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /t̪u/

[edit] Pronoun

tu

1. you (singular, informal)

[edit] Synonyms

• thu

[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.

[edit] Derived terms

• tusa

[edit] See also

• sibh

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[edit] Sicilian

[edit] Alternative forms

• tuni

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tu/

[edit] Pronoun

tu (second person singular)

1. you (informal); thou

[edit] Inflection

nominative	tu
prepositional	tia
object, reflexive	ti

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Adverb

tu

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

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[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

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[edit] Swahili

[edit] Adverb

tu

1. only

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Cardinal number

tu

1. (archaic, cardinal) two

[edit] Synonyms

• två

[edit] See also

• ett, tu, tre
• på tu man hand

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[edit] Tocharian A

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronoun

tu

1. you

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tū/

[edit] Noun

tu

1. Title of nobility

[edit] Verb

tu

1. to meditate

[edit] Related terms

• nhà tu
• đi tu