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Uwe
uwe
uwe
See also: Uwe
Dutch
Determiner
uwe
- non-attributive form of uw (English: yours)
- Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of what is being referred to.
- Die auto is de uwe. — That car is your one. That car is yours.
- Dat huis is het uwe. — That house is your one. That house is yours.
- Dat is de/het uwe. — That is your one. That is yours.
- Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of what is being referred to.
- (archaic) inflected form of uw
Inflection
Dutch personal pronouns
| subject | object | possessive | reflexive | genitive5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | pred. | ||
| 1st person | ik | 'k1 | mij | me | mijn | m'n1 | mijne | me | mijner |
| 2nd person | jij | je | jou | je | jouw | je | jouwe | je | jouwer |
| 2nd person archaic or regiolectal | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer |
| 2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer |
| 3rd person masculine | hij | ie1 | hem | 'm1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner |
| 3rd person feminine | zij | ze | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | hare | zich | harer |
| 3rd person neuter | het | 't1 | het | 't1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner |
| plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | wij | we | ons | – | ons, onze2 | – | onze | ons | onzer |
| 2nd person | jullie | je | jullie | je | jullie | je | – | je | – |
| 2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer |
| 2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer |
| 3rd person | zij | ze | hen3, hun4 | ze | hun | – | hunne | zich | hunner |
| 1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). |
5)Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural. |
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Esmeralda
Noun
uwe
- Alternative form of uvve
References
- Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Contribuciones a las lenguas y culturas de los Andes (2005), page 241: "uwi o uwe en esmeraldeño"
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch iuwa, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈyːwə/
Determiner
uwe
- your (plural)
- your (singular, informal)
Usage notes
See the usage notes for gi.
Descendants
- Dutch: uw
Tukang Besi North
Noun
uwe
References
- Mark Donohue, A Grammar of Tukang Besi (1999, ISBN 3110805545)
Tukang Besi South
Noun
uwe
References
- Mark Donohue, A Grammar of Tukang Besi (1999, ISBN 3110805545)
Wolio
Noun
uwe
References
- Johannes Cornelis Anceaux, The Wolio Language: Outline of Grammatical Description and Texts
- Morfologi kata kerja bahasa Wolio (1986)