ons
English edit
Verb edit
ons
- (Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, transitive, colloquial) third-person singular simple present indicative of on
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Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch ons, from Old Dutch uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz.
Pronoun edit
ons
See also edit
subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
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singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
2nd, formal | u | u s’n | ||||
3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | ||
3rd, fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
3rd, neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
plural | 1st | ons | ons s’n | |||
2nd | julle / jul1 | julle s’n | ||||
3rd | hulle / hul1 | hulle s’n | ||||
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence. |
Etymology 2 edit
From Dutch ons, inflected onze, from Middle Dutch onse, from Old Dutch *unsa, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.
Alternative forms edit
- onse (archaic)
Determiner edit
ons
- our
- 1921, “Die Stem van Suid-Afrika”, C.J. Langenhoven (lyrics), M.L. de Villiers (music), South Africa:
- Ruis die stem van ons geliefde, van ons land Suid-Afrika.
- Rises the voice of our beloved, of our country South Africa.
See also edit
subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
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singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
2nd, formal | u | u s’n | ||||
3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | ||
3rd, fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
3rd, neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
plural | 1st | ons | ons s’n | |||
2nd | julle / jul1 | julle s’n | ||||
3rd | hulle / hul1 | hulle s’n | ||||
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence. |
Etymology 3 edit
From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch unce, from Latin uncia.
Noun edit
ons
- ounce (unit of measurement)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch ons, from Old Dutch uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz.
Pronoun edit
ons (personal)
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: ons
- Berbice Creole Dutch: ensi
- Jersey Dutch: on̈s, on̈ns
- Negerhollands: ons, oṅ
- Skepi Creole Dutch: ons
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Dutch *unsa, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.
Determiner edit
ons (dependent possessive, independent possessive onze, inflected form onze)
Usage notes edit
Only used with singular neuter nouns in dependent clauses; onze is used in all other situations as an independent possessive as well as with male and female nouns.
Inflection edit
subject | object | possessive | reflexive | genitive5 | |||||
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singular | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | pred. | ||
1st person | ik | 'k1 | mij | me | mijn | m'n1 | mijne | me | mijner, mijns |
2nd person | jij | je | jou | je | jouw | je | jouwe | je | jouwer, jouws |
2nd person archaic or regiolectal | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer, uws |
3rd person masculine | hij | ie1 | hem | 'm1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
3rd person feminine | zij | ze | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | hare | zich | harer, haars |
3rd person neuter | het | 't1 | het | 't1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
plural | |||||||||
1st person | wij | we | ons | – | ons, onze2 | – | onze | ons | onzer, onzes |
2nd person | jullie | je | jullie | je | jullie | je | – | je | – |
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer, uws |
3rd person | zij | ze | hen3, hun4 | ze | hun | – | hunne | zich | hunner, huns |
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). |
5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural. |
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle Dutch unce (1240), borrowed from Latin uncia (a twelfth of a pound) probably via Old French once. [1]
Noun edit
ons n (plural onsen or onzen, diminutive onsje n)
- metric ounce (100 grams)
Usage notes edit
Prior to the law of 1820 that introduced the metric system in what then united both the Netherlands and Belgium a variety of measures ranging around ca 30 grams were known by this name. The law of 1820 attributed the name to the hectogram of 100 grams. In 1937 the IJkwet of the Netherlands officially abolished the term, but it is still commonly used.
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch unce (1240), borrowed from Latin uncia (a twelfth of a pound) probably via Old French once. [1]
Noun edit
ons (first-person possessive onsku, second-person possessive onsmu, third-person possessive onsnya)
- metric ounce (100 grams)
References edit
Middle Dutch edit
Pronoun edit
ons
- accusative/dative of wi
Descendants edit
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Adverb edit
ons
- Alternative form of ones
Plautdietsch edit
Pronoun edit
ons
Samogitian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Old East Slavic онъ (onŭ).
Pronoun edit
ons (feminine counterpart ana)
- third-person masculine singular pronoun: he
References edit
- “Žemaičių Žodynas”, in Žemaičių žemė[1] (overall work in Lithuanian), 2012, page 21: “Ons — jis”
Swedish edit
Noun edit
ons
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Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ons (definite accusative onsu, plural onslar)
Further reading edit
- “ons”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ons”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “ons”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ons”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3547
Volapük edit
Pronoun edit
ons
- (nominative plural of on) they (neuter or of mixed or unspecified gender)
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