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jūs

jūs

See also: jus, JUs, Jus, ĵus, and jus'

Latvian

Pronoun

jūs

  1. you; accusative plural form of jūs

jūs (personal, 2nd person plural)

  1. you; second-person pronoun, referring to the addressee and other people
    kur jūs, zēni, bijāt? ― where, boys, were you?
    steidzieties, jūs jau gaida! ― hurry up, they are already waiting for you!
    kurš no jums ir vecāks: Birkenbaums, Gulbis vai Jānis? ― which of you is the oldest: Birkenbaums, Gulbis, or Jānis?
    esat, Birutiņ, un tu, Ansi... esat mani bērni, tikai es neesmu jūsu īstais tēvs ― you are, Birutiņa, and you, Ansis... you
  2. (formal) you; second-person pronoun, referring to the adressee, singular or plural, to show polite respect; often capitalized
    būt uz jūs (ar kādu), uzrunāt (kādu) ar jūs ― to be on jūs (with someone), to address (someone) with, as jūs
    (Ilga:) āgrāk jūs tā nerunājāt... (Marts:) jūs toreiz bijāt maza meitene un nekā nesapratāt ― (Ilga:) you, sir, didn't talk like that before... (Marts:) you, madam, were then a small girl and didn't understand anyhting
    pateicos par Jūsu palīdzību ― I thank (you) for your help
    Kalniņa kungs, vai Jums šis jautājums ir skaidrs? ― Mr Kalniņš, is this question clear to you?

Declension

Related terms

  • jūsējs

See also

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), jūs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lithuanian

Pronoun

jūs

  1. (second-person singular, formal) you
  2. (second-person plural) you

Declension


Old Prussian

Pronoun

jūs

  1. you, the second person plural pronoun