teu
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Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan teu (feminine tua), from Latin tuum, from Proto-Italic *towos. The original stem was modified by analogy with meu.
The weak form ton is also from Latin tuum in an unstressed (monosyllabic) position.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
teu (feminine teva or teua, masculine plural teus, feminine plural teves or teues)
Usage notes
- When preceding a noun, teu is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.
Declension
strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive | |||||
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proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | |||||
singular | 1st person |
standard | jo, mi3 | em, m’ | -me, ’m | em, m’ | -me, ’m | meu |
majestic1 | nós | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
2nd person |
standard | tu | et, t’ | -te, ’t | et, t’ | -te, ’t | teu | |
formal1 | vós | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||
very formal2 | vostè | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | ||
3rd person |
m | ell | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | |
f | ella | la, l’4 | -la | li | -li | seu | ||
n | ho | -ho | li | -li | seu | |||
plural | ||||||||
1st person | nosaltres | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
2nd person |
standard | vosaltres | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | |
formal2 | vostès | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
3rd person |
m | ells | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | |
f | elles | les | -les | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu | ||
adverbial | ablative/genitive | en, n’ | -ne, ’n | |||||
locative | hi | -hi |
1 Behaves grammatically as plural. 2 Behaves grammatically as third person.
3 Only as object of a preposition. 4 Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
Derived terms
- el teu
See also
Drehu
Pronunciation
Noun
teu
References
- Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese teu, from Latin tuus.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
teu m (masculine singular teu, masculine plural teus, feminine singular túa, feminine plural túas)
- (possessive) yours (singular you)
See also
Further reading
- “teu”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Istro-Romanian
Etymology
From Latin tuus, probably through an intermediate Vulgar Latin *tous or *teus. Compare to Catalan el teu and Daco-Romanian tău.
Adjective
teu m (feminine te, masculine plural teľ, feminine plural tele)
Japanese
Romanization
teu
Ligurian
Etymology
From Latin tuus, from Proto-Italic *towos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
teu (invariable)
- your (singular)
Pronoun
teu (invariable)
- (possessive) yours (singular)
Synonyms
See also
Nias
Noun
teu (mutated form deu)
References
- Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 208.
Palauan
Pronunciation
Noun
teu
See also
References
- teu in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
- teu in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
- teu in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 326.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese tou, from Latin tuus, from Proto-Italic *towos.
Pronunciation
Determiner
teu (feminine tua, masculine plural teus, feminine plural tuas)
- your (singular) (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of you)
- O teu computador deu tela azul. ― Your computer bluescreened.
- Ainda não recebeste o teu dinheiro? ― Haven't you received your money yet?
- O teu pai veio te visitar. ― Your father came to visit you.
- Tu tem que devolver o teu livro pra biblioteca logo, cara.
- You gotta take your book back to the library soon, man.
- (Brazil, archaic, religion) thine, thy (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of thee)
- 2009, Bíblia Sagrada, edition Almeida Revista e Corrigida, Brazilian Bible Society, Gênesis 3:16
- E à mulher disse: Multiplicarei grandemente a tua dor e a tua conceição; com dor terás filhos; e o teu desejo será para o teu marido, e ele te dominará.
- And to the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt have children; and thy desire shall be for thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."
- 2009, Bíblia Sagrada, edition Almeida Revista e Corrigida, Brazilian Bible Society, Provérbios 3:9–10
- Honra ao Senhor com a tua fazenda e com as primícias de toda a tua renda; e se encherão os teus celeiros abundantemente, e trasbordarão de mosto os teus lagares.
- Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine income; and thy barns shall be filled with plenty, and thy winepresses shall overflow with new wine.
- 2009, Bíblia Sagrada, edition Almeida Revista e Corrigida, Apocalipse 2:19
- Eu conheço as tuas obras, e o teu amor, e o teu serviço, e a tua fé, e a tua paciência, e que as tuas últimas obras são mais do que as primeiras.
- I know thy works, and thy love, and thy service, and thy faith, and thy patience, and that thy latter works are more than thy former.
Pronoun
teu (feminine tua, masculine plural teus, feminine plural tuas)
- yours (singular) (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of you)
- A casa em si é tua, mas o terreno é meu.
- The house itself is yours, but the land is mine.
- O teu é suficiente para sobreviver? ― Is yours enough to survive?
- Tua por só uma semana, o quadro já parece um velho amigo.
- Yours for only a week so far, the painting already feels like an old friend.
- (Brazil, archaic, religion) thine (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of thee)
- 2009, Bíblia Sagrada, edition Almeida Revista e Corrigida, Brazilian Bible Society, Mateus 25:24–25
- Mas, chegando também o que recebera um talento disse: Senhor, eu conhecia-te, que és um homem duro, que ceifas onde não semeaste e ajuntas onde não espalhaste; e, atemorizado, escondi na terra o teu talento; aqui tens o que é teu.
- But, the one who had received a talent also coming, he said, "Lord, I knew thee to be a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow and gathering where thou didst not scatter; and, afraid, I hid thy talent in the dirt; here thou hast what is thine."
Noun
teu m (plural teus, feminine tua, feminine plural tuas)
- (with the definite article, sometimes archaic or religious) yours; thine (used substantively, with an implied noun)
- Defende o teu, que eu trato do meu ― Defend yours, and I'll take care of mine.
See also
singular possessum | plural possessum | |||||
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masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |||
singular possessor |
first person | meu | minha | meus | minhas | |
second person | teu | tua | teus | tuas | ||
third person | any | seu | sua | seus | suas | |
m | dele | |||||
f | dela | |||||
plural possessor |
first person | nosso | nossa | nossos | nossas | |
second person | vosso | vossa | vossos | vossas | ||
third person | any | seu | sua | seus | suas | |
m | deles | |||||
f | delas |
Etymology 2
From meu (“hey, dude”), in analogy with the eu/meu and tu/teu pronominal pairs.
Interjection
teu!
- (Rio Grande do Sul, slang) hey; oi (used vocatively to draw someone’s attention)
- (Rio Grande do Sul, slang) dude, mate
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
teu n (plural teuri)
Declension
Tarairiú
Noun
teu
Further reading
- Juvandi de Souza Santos, Cariri e Tarairiú?: culturas tapuais nos sertões da Paraíba (2009)
Zou
Verb
teu
References
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