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tu.

you (singular)

2 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

pron/ty/[t͡ʃy][t͡sy]Quebec[t͡sʏ]Quebec

  1. you (singular)

    informal · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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.

particle/ty/[t͡ʃy][t͡sy]Quebec[t͡sʏ]Quebec

  1. question marker

    Quebec · informal
    C'est-tu possible ?
Where this word comes from

From t-il.

verb/ty/[t͡ʃy][t͡sy]Quebec[t͡sʏ]Quebec

  1. past participle of taire

    form-of · participle · past
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