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tău
your (informal, masculine singular) /ˈtəw/
adjective#40 most common
Also: yours
Example sentences
Numele tău este frumos.
Your name is beautiful.
Unde este telefonul tău?
Where is your phone?
Câinele tău latră noaptea.
Your dog barks at night.
Acesta este locul tău preferat din oraș?
Is this your favorite place in the city?
Succesul tău de anul trecut a inspirat toată echipa.
Your success from last year inspired the whole team.
Dacă visul tău este să devii scriitor, nu renunța niciodată la el, oricât de greu ar părea.
If your dream is to become a writer, never give it up, no matter how hard it seems.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tău (m) / ta (f) | tăi (m) / tale (f) |
| Genitive | al tău / a ta | ai tăi / ale tale |
| Accusative | tău / ta | tăi / tale |
| Vocative | — | — |
Word family
tayour (feminine singular agreement)
tăiyour (masculine plural agreement)
taleyour (feminine plural agreement)
tuyou (informal singular pronoun)al tăuyours (as a standalone possessive, masculine)
Etymology
Tău comes from the Latin possessive pronoun tuus, tua, tuum, meaning "your, yours". Romanian kept the full four-form gender and number paradigm (tău, ta, tăi, tale) that most other Romance languages simplified or lost. The final Latin -us dropped and the stressed u shifted to the Romanian vowel ă, a common sound change in the language's history.
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