eu
Aromanian
Drehu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eu/
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
French
Etymology
From Old French eü, from Vulgar Latin *habutus (Classical Latin habitus). Compare Aromanian avut, Catalan hagut, Dalmatian avoit, Friulian vût, Italian avuto, Occitan agut, Old Spanish avudo, Portuguese havido, Romanian avut, Sicilian avutu, Spanish habido, Venetian avudo.
Pronunciation
Verb
eu m (feminine singular eue, masculine plural eus, feminine plural eues)
- past participle of avoir
Usage notes
- Eu is pronounced /y/, despite the fact that the digraph ‹eu› is regularly pronounced /ø/ or /œ/.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese eu, from Vulgar Latin *eo which is attested since the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego. The accusative form is from Old Portuguese me, from Latin mē. The dative form is possibly in part from Latin mihi, through a Vulgar Latin *mi.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈew/, (occasionally) /ˈɛw/, /ˈɪw/
Audio (file)
See also
- Appendix:Galician pronouns
References
- “eu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. yo.
Latvian
Interjection
eu
- Use to draw somebody's attention
Middle English
References
- “you, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 May 2018.
Old French
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛw/
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Old Leonese you, yo Spanish yo, and Mozarabic yo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛw/
Pronoun
eu
- I
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, João Garcia de Guilhade, A 229: Amigos, non poss'eu negar (facsimile)
- [O]s ollos uerdes que eu ui / me façen ora andar aſſi.
- The green eyes which I have seen / have made me now be like this.
- [O]s ollos uerdes que eu ui / me façen ora andar aſſi.
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, João Garcia de Guilhade, A 229: Amigos, non poss'eu negar (facsimile)
Old Saxon
Etymology
See iu.
Declension
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese eu, from Vulgar Latin *eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Akin to Galician eu, Romanian eu and Sardinian eo.
Pronoun
eu m or f
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 184:
- Eu estava na esperança de encontrá-lo antes do jantar!
- I was hoping to meet you before dinner!
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Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:eu.
See also
Portuguese personal pronouns (edit) | |||||||||||||
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Number | Person | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct object) |
Dative (indirect object) |
Prepositional | Prepositional with com |
Non-declining | ||||||
m | f | m | f | m and f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |||
Singular | First | eu | me | mim | comigo | ||||||||
Second | tu | te | ti | contigo | você | ||||||||
o senhor | a senhora | ||||||||||||
Third | ele | ela | o (lo, no) |
a (la, na) |
lhe | ele | ela | com ele | com ela | o mesmo | a mesma | ||
se (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | |||||||||||
Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) |
a gente | |||||||
Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco | vocês | ||||||||
os senhores | as senhoras | ||||||||||||
Third | eles | elas | os (los, nos) |
as (las, nas) |
lhes | eles | elas | com eles | com elas | os mesmos | as mesmas | ||
se (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | |||||||||||
Indefinite | se (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) |
Noun
eu m (plural eus)
- (chiefly philosophy) ego; self (individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- eu lírico
Related terms
Interjection
eu!
- Used to draw attention to oneself after having their name called.
- Dr. Hélio? – Eu!
- Dr. Hélio? – Here!
Romanian
Alternative forms
- eŭ (old orthography)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Akin to Portuguese eu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jew], [jo]
Audio (file)
Declension
Nominative | |||
---|---|---|---|
eu | |||
Accusative | |||
stressed | unstressed | ||
mine | mă | ||
Genitive | |||
Singular | Plural | ||
m & n | f | m | f & n |
meu | mea | mei | mele |
Dative | |||
stressed | unstressed | ||
mie | îmi | ||
Reflexive | |||
Accusative | Dative | ||
stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed |
mine | mă | mie | îmi |
See also
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eo, attested from the 6th century in Romance, from Latin ego; akin to Greek εγώ (egó), Sanskrit अहम् (aham), all from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Welsh
Alternative forms
- ’u (after vowels)
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ei̯/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /iː/, /ɪ/
- Homophone: ei
Usage notes
- Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /i̯/ in north Wales.
Determiner
eu (triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)
Usage notes
Nhw is often added after the noun.