gu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gu"
Contents
EnglishEdit
AmbulasEdit
BasqueEdit
Dena'inaEdit
IatmulEdit
NounEdit
gu
Derived termsEdit
- nyigi gu (“beer”, literally “bitter water”)
ReferencesEdit
- Gerd Jendraschek, in Future Times, Future Tenses, edited by Philippe De Brabanter, Mikhail Kissine, Saghie Sharifzadeh
Isthmus ZapotecEdit
JapaneseEdit
ManambuEdit
NounEdit
gu
ReferencesEdit
- Alexandra Aikhenvald, The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea (2010, →ISBN
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
gu
- Nonstandard spelling of gū.
- Nonstandard spelling of gú.
- Nonstandard spelling of gǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of gù.
Usage notesEdit
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle EnglishEdit
PronounEdit
gu
- Alternative form of yow
ReferencesEdit
- “you, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 May 2018.
Scottish GaelicEdit
PronunciationEdit
ParticleEdit
gu
- Makes an adverb when placed in front of an adjective
- Tha mi gu math.
- I am (doing) well.
Usage notesEdit
- Before vowels the form gu h- is used.
PrepositionEdit
gu
- till, until
- Fanaidh mi gu ochd uairean.
- I’ll wait until eight o’clock.
- to
- Chuir mi litir gu mo phàrantan.
- I sent a letter to my parents.
Usage notesEdit
- Before the definite article takes the form chun and is followed by the genitive instead of the dative.
- Is toil leis a bhith a' dol gu partaidhean.
- He likes going to parties.
- A bheil thu tighinn chun a' phartaidh?
- Are you coming to the party?
Alternative formsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Person | Number | Prepositional pronoun | Prepositional pronoun (emphatic) |
---|---|---|---|
Singular | 1st | thugam | thugamsa |
2nd | thugad | thugadsa | |
3rd m | thuige | thuigesan | |
3rd f | thuice | thuicese | |
Plural | 1st | thugainn | thugainne |
2nd | thugaibh | thugaibhse | |
3rd | thuca | thucasan |
ConjunctionEdit
gu
- that; used with the dependent form of a verb to introduce a subordinate clause.
- Tha mi a’ smaoineachadh gu bheil clann aca.
- I think that they have children.
Usage notesEdit
- If the clause is negated, gu is replaced with nach.