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- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
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Alemannic German personal pronouns
nominative | accusative | dative | possessive m | ||
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1st person singular | ich, i | mich, mi | mir, mier, mer | min, miin | |
2nd person singular | familiar | du | dich, di | dir, dier, der | din, diin |
polite | Si | Ine, Ene, -ne | Ire | ||
3rd person singular | m | er | in, en | im | sin, siin |
f | si | ire | |||
n | es, 's, -s | im | sin, siin | ||
1st person plural | mir, mer | üs, öis, ois, eus | üse, öise, oise, euse | ||
2nd person plural | ir, ier | öi, eu | öie, eure | ||
3rd person plural | si | ine, ene, -ne | ire |
du
- a kind of bird
< 1 | 2 | 3 > |
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Cardinal : du | ||
From Proto-Nuristani *dū, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
du (Sanu)[1]
du
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
du
- Third-person singular (hark), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, present indicative form of izan.
Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.
du
- you (nominative, singular)
From Proto-Brythonic *duβ, from Proto-Celtic *dubus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.
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gwenn | louet | du |
ruz | orañjez, melen-ruz; gell | melen |
gwer, glas | ||
cyan | glas | |
magenta; glasruz | roz |
du (plural duwants)
Sadaf Munshi (2015) “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project[3].
du
- inflection of dur:
From Middle High German du, from Old High German dū, from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū. Cognate with German du, archaic English thou (modern dialectal tha).
du
- (Luserna, Sette Comuni) you (thou, singular familiar)
- Bobrall du geast, gedenkhte ber du pist. ― Wherever you go, remember who you are.
Sette Comuni:
Cimbrian personal pronouns
nominative | accusative | dative | ||
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1st person singular | ich | mich | miar | |
2nd person singular | familiar | du | dich | diar |
polite | iart | ach | òich | |
3rd person singular | m | èar, ar | in, en | iime |
f | zi, ze | iar | ||
n | es, is | es, 's | iime | |
1st person plural | bar, bandare |
zich | izàndarn | |
2nd person plural | iart, iartàndare, artàndare |
òich, ach | ogàndarn | |
3rd person plural | ze, zòi, zandare |
zich | innàndarn |
Luserna:
Personal pronouns | ||
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singular | plural | |
1st person | i | biar |
2nd person | du | iar |
3rd person | er, si, 'z | se |
- “du” 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
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
From Proto-Brythonic *duβ, from Proto-Celtic *dubus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [dyː]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [diˑʊ]
du
gwynn | loos, glas | du |
rudh; kogh | rudhvelyn; gell, gorm | melyn |
gwyrdh, glas | ||
glas | ||
glasrudh, purpur | majenta; purpur, glasrudh | gwynnrudh, kigliw |
From Old Danish thu, from Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”). Cognate with English thou, Latin tū, Sanskrit त्वम् (tvam), Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬨 (tūm), Russian ты (ty).
du (objective dig)
From Old Danish dughæ, from Old Norse duga, from Proto-Germanic *duganą (“to be useful”), cognate with Swedish duga, German taugen, Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (dugan).
du (imperative du, present dur or duer, past duede, past participle duet)
du
- interrogative particle (placed at the end of the sentence to make a question)
From Middle Dutch du, from Old Dutch thū, from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
du
- (obsolete or dialectal) Second-person singular informal pronoun; thou
1620, Jacob Cats, Velt-teycken, alle eerbare jonge lieden toegeeygent:
Sy roept, du bist een slaef, in mijne dienst gebonden
- She calls, thou art a slave, bound to my service
1625, Joost van den Vondel, Wiech-liedt:
Soo leyt dyn memmetje dy in dyn wiechje te rust.
- So thy mama lays thee to rest in thy cradle.
- Du was already falling out of general use in early modern Dutch. It was still relatively common in the oblique cases, in vocatives or close to vocative appositions and when indicating contempt.
- The corresponding verbal ending was -st. The present form of zijn was bist, for hebben the present forms hebst and hest were in use. When the nominative directly followed the verb, contraction usually occurred: -stu; bistu, hebstu.
From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate with Swedish du.
du
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Cardinal: du Ordinal: dua Adverbial: due Multiplier: duobla, duopa Fractional: duona, duono |
From Latin duo, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
du
From Old Galician-Portuguese do, equivalent to de (“of”) + u (masculine singular definite article).
Inherited from Old French del. The expected modern form would be *deau, but it underwent stronger contraction. Akin to Galician do, Portuguese do, Sicilian dû, Italian and Spanish del.
du
- Contraction of de + le (“of the”)
« Eussent » est la troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait du subjonctif de « avoir ».
- "Eussent" is the third-person plural imperfect subjunctive [form] of "avoir."
1802, Charles Brillat, Pierre Bazaine, Métrologie française, page 249:
Le bouge donne 9 [neuf] litres plus que le point qui correspond à celui du diamètre des fonds indiqué par la jauge […]
- The bulge gives 9 [nine] liters more than the point which corresponds to that of the diameter of the base indicated by the gauge […]
- Only used before nouns (or nominalized forms of other parts of speech, most often adjectives) that begin with consonants; before vowel-initial words, the form de l’ is used, e.g., as seen above, de l'imparfait.
du m sg (feminine singular de la, plural des)
- Forms the partitive article.
- Il mange du pain. ― He eats bread. / He eats some bread.
- The partitive article is used with uncountable nouns instead of the indefinite article (which is only used with countable nouns). English and most other European languages do not use any article in such cases.
- Like the indefinite article, the partitive article becomes simple de with grammatical objects in negated sentences: Il ne mange pas de pain. (“He doesn't eat bread.”)
- After the actual preposition de (“of, from”), the partitive article is deleted. So one can never say *de du or *de de la.
- “du”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
du
From Middle High German du, duo, dū, from Old High German dū (akin to Old Saxon thū and English thou), itself from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
- Rhymes: -uː
- (unstressed, standard) IPA(key): /du/
- (unstressed, colloquial) IPA(key): /də/
- After the second person singular verb ending -st, the /d/ is generally lost when the pronoun is unstressed. Thus hast du is pronounced [ˈhast‿u] even in purposefully enunciated speech.
- In colloquial speech, chiefly of northern and central Germany, the /d/ can be lost after any preceding coronal. Thus wenn du may be pronounced [ˈvɛn‿u] or [ˈvɛn‿ə].
du
- Du is the informal second person pronoun. In formal speech, the third person plural Sie (always capitalised) is used instead.
- A general rule of thumb is that du is used to address one's friends, relatives, and those under about 16 years of age. Du is always used to address children and non-human beings.
- Usage also depends on the setting: two unacquainted, middle-aged persons are likely to use du when they meet at social gatherings, but much less so when they happen on each other in the street. People under 30 often use du among each other, but they still use Sie when one of them is at work, e.g. in a shop (some cafés and most pubs are an exception).
- There is also a great deal of (often subtle) regional variation throughout the German-speaking world.
du
- Romanization of 𐌳𐌿
- ɖù (Benin)
From Proto-Gbe *ɖu. Cognates include Fon ɖù, Saxwe Gbe ɖù, Adja ɖù, Ewe ɖu
dù (Nigeria)
- tuu (Wiesemann spelling)
From Middle High German and Old High German dū (akin to Old Saxon thū and English thou), itself from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
du
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Cardinal: du Ordinal: duesma Adverbial: dufoye Multiplier: duopla Fractional: duima |
From Esperanto du, from French deux, Spanish dos, Italian due, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
du
- two (2)
du
- to do
Shi aks im fi du sitn fi ar.
- She asked him to do something for her.
Singin muotaim du ina gruup a ada myuuzishan
- Singing is often done in a group of other musicians
2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Filipiyan 4:13:
Mi kyan du eniting, kaaz Krais Jiizas gi mi di powa fi du it.
- I can do all things through Christ, because he gives me strength [to do it].
- du at majstro.com
du
From Sanskrit द्व (dva), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Hindi दो (do), Bhojpuri दू (dū), Konkani दोन (don).
du
- two (2)
From Proto-Baltic *d(u)u̯ō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare Latvian divi. Cognate to Latin duo.
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Cardinal : du Ordinal : antras | ||
dù m (feminine dvì)
- two (2)
From Proto-Slavic *jьdǫ (first-person singular) and *jьdǫtь (third-person plural), inflected forms of *jьti.
du
- inflection of hyś:
- (first-person singular): źom
From Proto-Germanic *þū.
du
du
- Nonstandard spelling of dū.
- Nonstandard spelling of dú.
- Nonstandard spelling of dǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of dù.
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
From Old Dutch thū, from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.
du
This pronoun began to be replaced by gi in formal address during the Middle Dutch period, and eventually fell out of use altogether.
Middle Dutch personal pronouns
- “du”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “du”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
du
- Alternative form of dewe (“due”)
Inherited from Old High German dū, from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, whence also Old English þū, Old Norse þú, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
du or dû
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Genitive | Dative | Accusative |
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Singular | First | ich | mîn | mir | mich | |
Second | du, dû | dîn | dir | dich | ||
Third | Masculine | ër | sîn | im(e) | in | |
Feminine | siu (sî, si) | ir(e) | ir(e) | sie (sî, si) | ||
Neuter | ëȥ | es | im(e) | ëȥ | ||
Plural | First | wir | unser | uns | unsich, uns | |
Second | ir | iuwer | iu | iuch | ||
Third | Masculine | sie (sî, si) | ir(e) | in | sie (sî, si) | |
Feminine | ||||||
Neuter | siu, (sî, si) | siu (sî, si) |
From Old Saxon thū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.
dû
Middle Low German personal pronouns
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | ||
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1st person singular | ik (ek) | mî (mê, mik, mek) | mîn (mîner) | ||
2nd person singular | dû | dî (dê, dik, dek) | dîn (dîner) | ||
3rd person singular | |||||
m | hê (hî, hie) | ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn) | ēme, em (ȫme, en) | sîn (sîner) | |
n | it (et) | ||||
f | sê (sî, sie, sü̂) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | |||
1st person plural | wî (wê, wie) | uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik) | unser (ûser) | ||
2nd person plural | gî (jê, î) | jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik) | jûwer (ûwer) | ||
3rd person plural | sê (sî, sie) | em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | ||
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here. |
From Middle High German du, from Old High German dū, from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū. Cognate with German du, archaic English thou (modern dialectal tha).
du
Personal pronouns | ||
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singular | plural | |
1st person | i | biar |
2nd person | du | ir |
3rd person | er, si, s | sei |
- “du” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
du
- (intransitive) to sink
From Latin dux, ducem.
du m
- düünj (Mooring)
From Old Frisian dwā, from Proto-Germanic *dōną. Cognates include West Frisian dwaan, English do.
du
- (Föhr-Amrum) to do
- (Föhr-Amrum) to give
Conjugation of du
infinitive I | du | |
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infinitive II | tu duen | |
past participle | den | |
imperative singular | du | |
imperative plural | du'em | |
present | past | |
1st-person singular | ik du | ik ded, diad |
2nd-person singular | dü deest | dü dedst, diadst |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at dee | hi/hat/at ded, diad |
1st-person dual | wat du | wat ded, diad |
2nd-person dual | jat du | jat ded, diad |
1st-person plural | wi du | wi ded, diad |
2nd-person plural | jam du | jam ded, diad |
3rd-person plural | jo du | jo ded, diad |
perfect | pluperfect | |
1st-person singular | ik haa den | ik hed den |
2nd-person singular | dü heest den | dü hedst den |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at hee den | hi/hat/at hed den |
1st-person dual | wat haa den | wat hed den |
2nd-person dual | jat haa den | jat hed den |
1st-person plural | wi haa den | wi hed den |
2nd-person plural | jam haa den | jam hed den |
3rd-person plural | jo haa den | jo hed den |
future (skel) | future (wel) | |
1st-person singular | ik skal du | ik wal du |
2nd-person singular | dü skääl du | dü wääl du |
3rd-person singular | hi/hat/at skal du | hi/hat/at wal du |
1st-person dual | wat skel du | wat wel du |
2nd-person dual | jat skel du | jat wel du |
1st-person plural | wi skel du | wi wel du |
2nd-person plural | jam skel du | jam wel du |
3rd-person plural | jo skel du | jo wel du |
From Proto-Iranian *dwáH (compare Persian دو (do), Pashto دوه (dwa), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀 (duua)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH (compare Sanskrit द्व (dvá), Marathi दोन (don), Hindi दो (do)/Urdu دو (do), Punjabi ਦੋ (do)), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (compare Russian два (dva), Lithuanian du, Greek δύο (dýo), Spanish dos, English two).
Central Kurdish | دوو (dû) |
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du
- two (2)
dū
From Old Norse þú (“you”), from Proto-Germanic *þū (“you”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”).
du (objective case deg)
- due (“to say 'you' to someone”)
du
- imperative of due
- “du” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Akin to English thou.
du (objective case deg)
- “du” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
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case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
case | plural | |||||
nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 |
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.
du
dù
- (of rain) to fall
- Ele è dù à ― It's not raining (literally, “Rain is not falling”)
du
- to shake
du
Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages
du
From Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, whence also Old English þū, Old Norse þú, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Perhaps the earliest attestation of the pronoun is the inscription on the Bülach fibula, which may show ᛞᚢ (du) already differentiated from other Germanic languages’ þu.
dū
- thou, you (second-person singular pronoun)
- 6th-7th century, inscription on the Bülach fibula:
ᚠᚱᛁᚠᚱᛁᛞᛁᛚ / ᛞᚢ / ...
frifridil / du / […]- frifridil / du / ...
frifridil / du / […] - [my] beloved, you / […]
- frifridil / du / ...
- 6th-7th century, inscription on the Bülach fibula:
Some speakers of Old High German appear to have contrasted the "polite" singular (plural forms) with the regular, informal singular (singular forms), as in New High German (Modern German) Sie versus du. This distinction is however not well-attested, and may have been regional, genre-dependent, or only in Late Old High German.
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Genitive | Dative | Accusative |
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Singular | First | ih (ihha, ihcha) |
mīn | mir | mih | |
Second | dū | dīn | dir | dih | ||
Third | Masculine | er (her) | (sīn) | imu, imo | inan, in | |
Feminine | siu; sī, si | ira (iru, iro) | iru, iro | sia | ||
Neuter | iz | es, is | imu, imo | iz | ||
Plural | First | wir | unsēr | uns | unsih | |
Second | ir | iuwēr | iu | iuwih | ||
Third | Masculine | sie | iro | im, in | sie | |
Feminine | sio | iro | im, in | sio | ||
Neuter | siu | iro | im, in | siu | ||
Polite form | Second | ir | iuwēr | iu | iuwih |
- Middle High German: du
- Heinz Klingenberg, Runenfibel von Bülach, Kanton Zürich. Liebesinschrift aus alemannischer Frühzeit, in the Alemannisches Jahrbuch (1973/75), page 308
- Heinz Klingenberg, Die Runeninschrift aus Bülach, in Helvetia archaeologica, volume 7 (1976), pages 116–121
- Stephan Opitz, Südgermanische Runeninschriften im älteren Futhark aus der Merowingerzeit (Freiburg im Breisgau, 1977)
du
- Alternative form of do
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
du | du pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndu |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Compare German du, English thou, Swedish du.
du
Pennsylvania German personal pronouns
du
- Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press
du (oblique die)
- you (singular)
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[a], [b] ← 1 | 2 | 3 → [a], [b] |
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Cardinal: du Ordinal: șgónd Multiplier: dópi Fractional: mëẓ |
- (Ville Unite):
du (feminine dó)
- Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, pages 189, 194
du
From Old Frisian thū, from Proto-West Germanic *þū.
du (oblique die)
- du is at times omitted when used with a verb.
du (objective case dee, vocative dee, possessive determiner dines)
- Northern Isles form of thou (“thou”)
“du” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
du
- to do
du
Probably from Ewe ɖú (“dance”), Fon ɖùwè (“dance”).[1]
du
- ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 465.
du
- Romanization of 𒁺 (du)
From Old Swedish þū, from Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
du
- you (subjective case, singular)
Nisse, du är en liten groda
- Nisse, you are a small frog
1981, X Models (lyrics and music), “Två av oss [Two of us]”[5]:
Det finns bara en av mig och det är jag. Det finns bara en av dig och det är du. Det finns bara två av oss, och det är vi.
- There is only one of me and that is I. There is only one of you [object] and that is you [subject]. There are only two of us, and that is us [we – subject]. [Swedish has some of the same subject/object fuzziness as English, but a standalone "Det är <pronoun>" idiomatically (through intuition rather than being taught) uses the subject form]
- thou
1649, Jacobus Petri Chronander, Bele-Snack, Eller Een Ny Comœdia, act I, scene IV, page 40:
TV Konstrijke Mästare, godt rådh giff,
Skall man nu skona thenna skelmens lijff?- THOU artful Master, good counsel give,
Should one now spare this scoundrel's life?
- THOU artful Master, good counsel give,
While du is the traditionally familiar mode of address, it is since the early '70s the standard in almost all circumstances, possibly capitalized in formal communications. This was the result of the so-called du-reformen.
Recently, use of the second-person plural pronoun ni as a less familiar (and thus more formal) pronoun has appeared to some extent, but mainly amongst shopkeepers towards customers.
The same pronoun ni has also been used historically as a formal way of address, but its use has (in particular in Sweden, not so much in Swedish-speaking parts of Finland) been restricted to addressing people of lower social status, whereby a plethora of different constructions were employed as to avoid the issue of pronouns whatsoever. See also the article about T-V distinction in Wikipedia.
Swedish personal pronouns
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
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common | neuter | plural | |||||
singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina |
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
du
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Cardinal : du | ||
From Proto-Nuristani *dū, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
du (Gambir)[1]
du m
Both characters below depict a single etymology. 遊 (MC yuw) also has a less common reading do, now seen only in do thám.
du
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 遊
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 游
From Proto-Brythonic *duβ, from Proto-Celtic *dubus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /dɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /diː/
- Homophone: dŷ; (South Wales) di
- Rhymes: -ɨː
du (feminine singular du, plural duon, equative dued, comparative duach, superlative duaf)
- black
Mae ganddo fo fwstash du.
- He has a black mustache
- du a gwyn (“black and white; piebald”)
- twll du (“black hole”)
- tyngu'r du yn wyn (“to swear black is white”)
gwyn | llwyd | du |
coch; rhudd | oren, melyngoch; brown | melyn; melynwyn |
melynwyrdd | gwyrdd | |
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd | asur, gwynlas | glas |
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo | majenta; porffor | pinc, rhuddwyn |
du
dù
- du before a direct object
du
- (Lagos, intransitive) to run, to sprint
- Synonym: sá
dú
- (intransitive, of a person or animal) to bleed
- ìdú (“the act of bleeding”)
dú
- Adú (“A Yoruba nickname for someone who is dark in complextion”)
- adú (“something that is black”)
- dú láwọ̀ (“to have a black skin color”)
- dúdú (“black”)
- igbódú (“dark or dense forest”)
- Ilẹ̀ Adúláwọ̀ (“Africa”)
- ilẹ̀dú (“dark, nutrient rich soil”)
- èédú (“coal, charcoal”)
- òdú (“the plant American black nightshade”)