tu you (2sg nom subject or direct object)

Part of Speech pron:pers
Vernacular Form توۡ
Phonetic Form tu
Indo-Aryan Proto-Form tuvám 'thou' (T: 5889)
    • you (2sg nom subject or direct object)
      • Example 3:
        yaá ba tu mhaaríiṛ yaá ba lo eé máara.
        yaá
        or
        ba
        top
        tu
        2sg.nom
        mhaaré
        kill
        -eṛ
        -2sg
        yaá
        or
        ba
        top
        lo
        3MSG.dist.nom
        eé
        AMPL
        mar
        die
        -e
        -3sg
        Either you will kill him or he will die anyway.
        Source: A:MAA013
      • Example 135:
        ma tu the xat amzayúum.
        ma
        1sg.nom
        tu
        2sg.nom
        the
        to
        xat
        letter
        amzayé
        send
        -um
        -1sg
        I'll send a letter to you.
        Source: A:DLX009
      • Example 187:
        aṛé íṇc̣i tu khóolu heentá qóoma the asár wháida.
        aṛé
        dist
        íṇc̣i
        she-bear
        tu
        2sg.nom
        kha
        eat
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        heentá
        CONDL
        qóom
        tribe
        -a
        -obl
        the
        to
        asár
        effect
        wháid
        fall
        -e
        -3sg
        If this she-bear were to eat you, it would affect the [whole] tribe.
        Source: A:SHA020
      • Example 188:
        šíiṭi be bheš, be tu the ga na manáana, tu asíi práaču.
        šíiṭi
        inside
        be
        go
        -í
        -CV
        bheš
        sit.down
        be
        1pl.nom
        tu
        2sg.nom
        the
        to
        ga
        what
        na
        neg
        mané
        say
        -án
        -prs
        -a
        -MPL
        tu
        2sg.nom
        asíi
        1pl.gen
        práaču
        guest
        Go inside and sit down! We will not tell you anything, since you are our guest.
        Source: A:GHU031
      • Example 216:
        insaán aṛé zhayí hínu, ma tu pašawúum.
        insaán
        human
        aṛé
        dist
        zhay
        place
        -í
        -obl
        hin
        be.prs
        -u
        -MSG
        ma
        1sg.nom
        tu
        2sg.nom
        paš
        see
        -awá
        -caus
        -um
        -1sg
        The human being is at that place; I will show you [=make you see].
        Source: A:KIN011
      • Example 1776:
        ée putr, tu sóona teeṇíi méemi kéeči the ba.
        ée
        o!
        putr
        son
        tu
        2sg.nom
        sáan
        pasture
        -a
        -obl
        teeṇíi
        refl
        máami
        mother's.mother
        kéeči
        near
        the
        to
        be
        go
        O son, go to your grandmother in the high pasture!
        Source: A:KAT006

Related entries

  • See also:
    • thíi2 your (2sg gen)
    • thíi4 you (2sg erg, transitive subject in the perfective)