'o
See also: Appendix:Variations of "o" and ʻo
Neapolitan
Alternative forms
- o (apostrophe-free orthography)
Etymology
From Old Neapolitan lo, from Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum < ille. Compare Italian lo.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /o/
Coordinate terms
Number | Person | Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Reflexive | Possessive | Prepositional |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | first-person | io (i') | me | mìo, mìa, mieje, meje | me, méne | ||
second-person, familiar | tu | te | tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje | te, téne | |||
second-person, formal | vuje | ve | vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste | vuje | |||
third-person, masculine | ìsso | 'o, 'u (lo, lu) | 'i, 'e (li, le) | se | sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje | ìsso | |
third-person, feminine | éssa | 'a (la) | 'e (le) | éssa | |||
plural | first-person | nuje | ce | nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste | nuje | ||
second-person, plural | vuje | ve | vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste | vuje | |||
third-person, masculine | ìsse | 'i, 'e (li, le) | llòro | se | llòro (invariable) | llòro | |
third-person, feminine | llòro | 'e (le) |
O'odham
See also
O'odham Auxiliary
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
imperfective | perfective | future | imperfective | perfective | future | ||
first person | long | 'añ | 'añt | o | 'c | 'att | o |
short | ñ | ñt | c | tt | |||
second person | long | 'ap | 'apt | 'am | 'amt | ||
short | a | pt | m | mt | |||
third person | long | 'o | 'at | 'o | |||
short | t |
Samoan
Tahitian
Article
'o
- it is
- the (before proper nouns used as subjects)
Usage notes
Used in front of proper nouns or pronouns; or common nouns with the article te ('o te).
By exception, it is used emphatically before the pronoun 'oe ('o 'oe).
See also
References
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “'o” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
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