tu

Meaning

Pron

you (singular); thou

Verb

past participle of taire

Particle

question marker

Concepts

you

thou

chiliad

G

M

thousand

yard

quill

thee

I

he

she

buddy

pal

before

this side

calamus

shaft

quill pen

1000

K

grand

one thousand

guess what

ye

yer

SG

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ty/

Etymology

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

Rabat-joie ! Mais tu sais , on n’a pas besoin de toi . On est où , là ?

Rabat-joie! But you know, we don't need you. Where are we?

Ah ! non ! tu es bien bon !…

Ah! no! you are very good!…

Tu viens avec nous sauver l’anguille ?

Are you coming with us to save the eel?

Tu mets face à face un géographe et des crayons de papier !

You put a geographer and paper pencils face to face!

Ainsi tu vas rester gueux comme un rat , Père Ubu.

So you're going to stay beggarly like a rat, Father Ubu.

Non ! s’écria le docteur , non ... tu ne le feras pas , Nic !...

No! cried the doctor, no... you won't, Nic!...

Robert Kurtis s’approche alors et lui dit : « Prie Dieu , car tu vas mourir !

Robert Kurtis then approached him and said, “Pray to God, because you are going to die!