's

See also: -'s and Appendix:Variations of "s"

English

Etymology

Contractions.

Pronunciation

• (after voiceless consonants except /s/, /ʃ/, /t͡ʃ/) enPR: s, IPA^(key): /s/
• (after a sibilant or affricate)
  • (UK) enPR: ĭz, IPA^(key): /ɪz/
  • (US) enPR: ĭz, əz, IPA^(key): /ɪz/, /əz/
  • (General Australian) enPR: əz, IPA^(key): /əz/
• (elsewhere) enPR: z, IPA^(key): /z/
• Homophone: -s

Verb

’s (clitic)

1. Contraction of is.

   The dog’s running after me!

2. Contraction of has.

   The dog’s been chasing the mail carrier again.

3. (informal) Contraction of does (used only with the auxiliary meaning of does and only after interrogative words).

   What’s he do for a living?

   What’s it say?

   Where’s the n in Javanese come from?

4. (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) are (used mainly after where, here, and there).

   Where’s the table tennis balls?

See also

• ’d
• ’ll
• ’m
• ’re
• ’ve

Pronoun

’s (clitic)

1. Contraction of us (found in the formula let’s which is used to form first-person plural imperatives).

   What are you guys waiting for? Let’s go!

2. (UK, dialect) Contraction of as (when it is (nonstandardly) used as a relative conjunction, or like a relative pronoun, meaning "that").

   All’s he wanted was to go home.

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Catalan

Pronoun

’s

1. Contraction of se.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal2	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’4	-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 formal2	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 plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person.			3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

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Cimbrian

Etymology 1

Article

's

1. (Sette Comuni) the; definite article for two declensions:
   1. nominative singular neuter
   2. accusative singular neuter

Alternative forms

• z (Luserna)

See also

Cimbrian definite articles
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	dar	de / di	's / z	de / di
Accusative	in	de / di	's / z	de / di
Dative	me	dar	me	in

Etymology 2

Pronoun

's

1. (Sette Comuni) Alternative form of es (“it”)

References

• “'s” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s/

• Audio

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Etymology 1

A clitic form of des, the genitive of the masculine and neuter singular articles de and het.

Prefix

’s

1. Used in ’s ochtends, ’s morgens, ’s middags, ’s avonds, ’s nachts, ’s zomers, and ’s winters.
2. Used in place names as a shorthand for genitive des such as ’s-Gravenhage and ’s-Hertogenbosch indicating possession or origin.
3. Used to construct a noun phrase which indicates a genitive (quality, possession or origin)

   ’s werelds beste reisbestemming — the world’s best travel destination

   ’s werelds mooiste zeereis — the world’s most beautiful sea voyage

Usage notes

’s is never capitalised, even before a proper noun or at the start of sentences. Instead, the following word is capitalised, as in 's Morgens regent het. (It rains in the morning.)

Etymology 2

Adverb

's

1. Clipping of eens.

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German

Article

’s

1. (chiefly colloquial or poetic) Contraction of das.

Pronoun

’s

1. (chiefly colloquial or poetic) Contraction of es.

See also

• -'s

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Irish

Conjunction

’s

1. Contraction of is (“and”).

Particle

’s

1. Contraction of is (“is”).

Noun

’s

1. Contraction of a fhios (“knowledge of it”): only used in tá’s ag and similar constructions

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Scottish Gaelic

Verb

’s

1. Shortened form of is.

Derived terms

• ’s math a rinn thu!
• ’s urrainn do

Conjunction

’s

1. Shortened form of is.
2. Shortened form of agus.