tú
Faroese
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
| Personal pronouns - Persónsfornøvn | |||||
| Singular (eintal) | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | eg | tú | hann | hon | tað |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | meg | teg | hana | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | mær | tær | honum | henni | tí |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | mín | tín | hansara | hennara | tess |
| Plural (fleirtal) | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | vit | tit | teir | tær | tey |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | okkum | tykkum | |||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | teimum | ||||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | okkara | tykkara | teirra | ||
Derived terms
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish tú, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA: [t̪ˠuː]
Pronoun
tú (conjunctive)
Usage notes
Unlike many European languages, Irish does not distinguish between "familiar" and "polite" second-person pronouns. Tú is used to address any one person, regardless of how well known that person is to the speaker.
Derived terms
- tusa (emphatic)
Related terms
- thú (disjunctive)
Ladino
Etymology
From Latin tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronoun
tú (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling טו)
- you (singular)
Mandarin
Romanization
tú (form of tu2 with diacritic)
- See 凃
- See 啙
- 図, 图, 圖, 圗: diagram; chart, map, picture
- See 塗
- See 宊
- See 屠
- See 峹
- See 嵞
- See 庩
- See 徒
- See 怢
- See 悂
- See 捈
- See 揬
- See 梌
- See 涂
- See 湥
- See 潳
- See 瑹
- See 瘏
- See 稌
- See 突
- See 筡
- See 腞
- See 腯
- See 荼
- See 菞
- See 葖
- See 蒤
- See 跌
- See 跿
- See 途
- See 酴
- See 鈯
- See 鍎
- See 馟
- See 駼
- See 鵅
- See 鵚
- See 鶟
- See 鷋
- See 鷵
- See 鼵
- See 凃
- See 啙
- See 塗
- See 宊
- See 屠
- See 峹
- See 嵞
- See 庩
- See 徒
- See 怢
- See 悂
- See 捈
- See 揬
- See 梌
- See 涂
- See 湥
- See 潳
- See 瑹
- See 瘏
- See 稌
- See 突
- See 筡
- See 腞
- See 腯
- See 荼
- See 菞
- See 葖
- See 蒤
- See 跌
- See 跿
- See 途
- See 酴
- See 鈯
- See 鍎
- See 馟
- See 駼
- See 鵅
- See 鵚
- See 鶟
- See 鷋
- See 鷵
- See 鼵
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (compare Greek σύ (su), Latin tū, Old Church Slavonic тꙑ (ty), Gothic 𐌸𐌿 (þu), Welsh ti).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /tuː/
Pronoun
tú
- you (singular nominative), thou
- circa 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, Wb. 5b28
- Ní tú nod·n-ail, acht is hé not·ail.
- It is not you that nourishes it, but it that nourishes you.
- Ní tú nod·n-ail, acht is hé not·ail.
- circa 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, Wb. 5b28
Derived terms
- tussu (emphatic)
Descendants
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronoun
tú
- Singular informal pronoun. you.
Derived terms
See also
|
First person: Second person: |
Third person: Demonstrative: |
Usage notes
- When more pronouns are included in the same sentence, it is considered impolite to say the pronoun yo at first, it must be the last one, and tú must be said after absent (this applies also for ti and mí):
- Iremos Rosa, tú y yo, "Rosa, you and I will go"