tú
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"
Etymology
Pronoun
tú m sg or f sg
- Second-person singular nominative pronoun; you
See also
| nominative | disjunctive | dative | accusative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | singular | yo | me, m'2 | ||||
| plural | masculine | nusatros1.1 | nos1.6 | ||||
| feminine | nusatras1.1 | ||||||
| second person | singular | familiar | tú | te, t'2 | |||
| formal | vusté,1.2 vos | ||||||
| plural | familiar | masculine | vusatros1.3 | vos, tos3 | |||
| feminine | vusatras1.3 | ||||||
| formal | vustés,1.2 vos | ||||||
| third person | singular | masculine | él1.4 | le1.7 | lo,1.8 l'2 | ||
| feminine | ella1.5 | la | |||||
| plural | masculine | els, ellos1.4 | les1.7 | los1.9 | |||
| feminine | ellas1.5 | las | |||||
| reflexive | — | se, s'2 | |||||
Aragonese personal pronouns
- The forms shown in the table are the most widespread ones. Some varieties use different forms:
- nusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and nusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
- usté(s) (Benasquese), ustet(z) (Ansotano), vustet(z) (Tensino, Somontanos)
- vusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and vusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
- ell(s) (Benasquese) and er(s) (Belsetán).
- era(s) (Belsetán).
- mos (Ribagorçan). Before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en the contracted form mo' is used.
- li(s) (Cheso, Tensino).
- el (Ribagorçan). The contracted form l' is used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds and 'l after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
- es, els (Ribagorçan). These forms are contracted to 's and 'ls after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
- The contracted forms are used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.
- In Ribagorçan the contracted form to' is used before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en.
References
- “tú”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
Alternative forms
- tó (Chiricahua)
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.
Noun
tú
- (Mescalero) water
References
- Marianna Di Paolo, Arthur K. Spears, Languages and Dialects in the U.S.: Focus on Diversity (2014, →ISBN, page 38 (citing Hoijer 1938)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese tu, from Latin tū (“you”), from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tú m sg or f sg
- Second person singular nominative pronoun; you
See also
| nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | singular | ei | me, -mi | mi | ||
| plural | common | nos | musL nusLV nos, -nusM |
nos | ||
| masculine | noshotrusM | noshotrusM | ||||
| feminine | noshotrasM | noshotrasM | ||||
| second person | singular | tú | te, -ti | ti | ||
| plural | common | vos | vusLV vos, -vusM |
vos | ||
| masculine | voshotrusM | voshotrusM | ||||
| feminine | voshotrasM | voshotrasM | ||||
| third person | singular | masculine | el | le, -li | uLV, oM | el |
| feminine | ela | a | ela | |||
| plural | masculine | elis | usLV, osM | elis | ||
| feminine | elas | as | elas | |||
| reflexive | — | se, -si | sí | |||
Fala personal pronouns
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Etymology
From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tú
- you, thou
- ert tú eingilskmaður/onglendingur? ― are you an Englishman?
- ert tú amerikanari? ― are you an American?
- ert tú føroyingur? ― are you Faroese?
- ert tú týskari? ― are you a German?
- ert tú dani? ― are you a Dane?
- ert tú norðmaður? ― are you a Norwegian?
- ert tú íslendingur? ― are you an Icelander?
- ert tú svii/svíi? ― are you a Swede?
Usage notes
The informal tú form is correct among younger people and non-foreigners. The very formal form is tygum.
Declension
Faroese personal pronouns
| Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn) | |||||
| Singular (eintal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | eg, jeg | tú | hann | hon | tað |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | meg, mjeg | teg, tjeg | hana | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | mær | tær | honum | henni | tí |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | mín | tín | hansara, hans† | hennara, hennar† | tess |
| Plural (fleirtal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | vit | tit | teir | tær | tey |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | okkum | tykkum | |||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | teimum, teim† | ||||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | okkara | tykkara | teirra | ||
Derived terms
| For pronunciation and definitions of tú – see 拄 (“to prop; to support; to lean on; to be propped up; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 拄). |
Etymology
From Old Irish tú, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tú (emphatic form tusa, conjunctive)
Usage notes
Related terms
- thú (disjunctive)
See also
| Number | Person (and gender) | Conjunctive (emphatic) |
Disjunctive (emphatic) |
Possessive determiner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | mé (mise) |
mo L m' before vowel sounds | |
| Second | tú (tusa)1 |
thú (thusa) |
do L d' before vowel sounds | |
| Third masculine | sé (seisean) |
é (eisean) |
a L | |
| Third feminine | sí (sise) |
í (ise) |
a H | |
| Third neuter | — | ea | — | |
| Plural | First | muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne) |
ár E | |
| Second | sibh (sibhse)1 |
bhur E | ||
| Third | siad (siadsan) |
iad (iadsan) |
a E | |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Verb
tú
- (transitive) to put
References
- Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 199
Pronunciation
Noun
tú
References
- Paul J. Sidwell, Proto South Bahnaric: A Reconstruction of a Mon-Khmer Language of Indo-China (2000)
Etymology
From Latin tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronoun
tú (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling טו)
- you (singular)
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Romanization
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 凃
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啙
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 圖 / 图, 圗, 図, 图
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塗 / 涂
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 宊
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屠
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 峹
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嵞
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 庩
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徒
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 怢
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悂
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捈
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 揬
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 梌
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 涂
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 湥
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潳
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑹
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瘏
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 稌
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 突
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筡
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腞
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腯
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荼
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菞
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 葖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒤
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跌
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 途
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 酴
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈯 / 𨱄
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍎
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 馟
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駼 / 𬳿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵅 / 𱉮
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵚 / 𪉍
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶟 / 𱊖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷋 / 𱊠
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷵 / 𱊩
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼵
Numeral
tú (masculine tweir, feminine twár)
- neuter nominative/accusative of tweir (“two”)
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (compare Ancient Greek σύ (sú), Latin tū, Old Church Slavonic тꙑ (ty), Gothic 𐌸𐌿 (þu), Welsh ti).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tú (genitive taí)
- you (singular nominative), thou
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5b28
- Ní tú nod·n-ail, acht is hé not·ail.
- It is not you that nourishes it, but it that nourishes you.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 92a17
- Bed indbadigthi .i. bed chuintechti .i. cid fáilte ad·cot-sa ⁊ du·ngnéu, is túsu immid·folngi dam, a Dǽ; cid indeb dano ad·cot, is tú, Dǽ, immid·folngi dam.
- To be enriched, i.e. to be sought, i.e. though it is joy that I obtain and make, it is you who effects it for me, O God; so too, though it is wealth that I obtain, it is you, God, who effects it for me.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5b28
Derived terms
- tussu (emphatic)
Descendants
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tu.
Pronunciation
Adverb
tú (not comparable)
- here (at this place)
Further reading
- Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “tʉ̇́”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 1242
Etymology
Inherited from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (whence English thou).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tú
- second person pronoun in singular tense; you (informal communication in Spain and Mexico)
- Synonym: (in and near Argentina) vos
Usage notes
Derived terms
Descendants
- Chavacano: tu
See also
- usted (formal communication)
| nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
| plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
| feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
| second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
| voseo | vos | vos | |||||
| formal3 | usted | le, se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
| plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
| feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
| formal/general3 | ustedes | les, se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
| third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le, se4 | lo | él | |
| feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
| neuter | ello7 | lo | ello | ||||
| plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
| feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
| reflexive | — | se | sí1 | ||||
Spanish personal pronouns
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Further reading
- “tú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ. Cognate with Navajo tó
Noun
tú
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tuˑ.
Noun
tú
Etymology
From Proto-Khoe *tú (“rain; to rain”).
Noun
tú
References
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