tu

Meaning

Pron

you (singular)

Verb

past participle of taire

Particle

question marker

taire

1. (intransitive) to be quiet, to be silent
2. (reflexive) to shut up (oneself), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking
3. (transitive) to keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say

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Concepts

you

thou

thee

thousand

yard

chiliad

quill

G

M

Ⓜ️

ye

K

one thousand

quill pen

this side

SG

1000

yer

I

guess what

before

buddy

calamus

grand

he

👨

pal

shaft

she

👩

Synonyms

vous

toi

elle

👩

il

👨

te

d’ailleurs

du reste

le

mille

1000

nous

plume

🪶

que

quoi

tutoyer

un peu

au fait

devine

mon enfant

saches

sachez

sais

hé toi

ce côté

chiliade

thou

donner en mille

je

tu saisdomain:lang

à propos

autant

avant

chéri

Translations

du

tú

tu

jij

sen

tu

tu

je

tu

usted

você

εσύ

Sie

u

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ty/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: tu

Inherited from Latin: tu

Cognate with Italian: tu

In summary

From Old French tu, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Cognates with the exact same usage are the Italian tu, as well as du in German or ты in Russian.

Sentences

Et dans ce train , tu ne connaissais personne ?

And on that train, you didn't know anyone?

Tu auras de la viande ?

Will you have meat?

Je quitte cette maison , et , si tu veux , je te donne ma place .

I leave this house, and, if you want, I give you my place.

Tu portes un nom de fantaisie .

You have a fancy name.

Tu aurais été son éminence grise .

You would have been his grey eminence.

Quoi qu’il en soit tu avais raison .

Anyway, you were right.