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tau
your (informal singular "you", masculine agreement) /ˈtə.w/
adjective#435 most common
Also: yours (as in "al tău")
Example sentences
Acesta este câinele tău.
This is your dog.
Cartea ta este pe masă.
Your book is on the table.
Fratele tău lucrează la Cluj.
Your brother works in Cluj.
Prietenii tăi m-au ajutat mult anul trecut.
Your friends helped me a lot last year.
Opiniile tale despre acest subiect m-au făcut să reflectez serios.
Your opinions on this subject made me reflect seriously.
Dacă ai fi urmat sfatul tău de acum zece ani, situația financiară de astăzi ar fi cu totul alta.
If you had followed your own advice from ten years ago, today's financial situation would be completely different.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tău | tăi |
| Genitive | tău | tăi |
| Accusative | tău | tăi |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
tayour (feminine singular)
tăiyour (masculine plural)
taleyour (feminine plural)
al tăuyours (masculine, articulated form)
Etymology
Tău descends from the Latin possessive adjective tuus, meaning your (belonging to you, singular). The Latin u-stem vowel diphthongized in Romanian, producing the tău/ta/tăi/tale paradigm seen today. Latin tuus itself goes back to the Proto-Indo-European second-person root behind words for you.
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