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tu

you (singular, informal) /tu/

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Also: thou

Example sentences

Tu ești fericit.
You are happy.
Unde locuiești tu?
Where do you live?
Tu crezi că am dreptate?
Do you think I'm right?
Numai tu poți decide asta.
Only you can decide that.
Dacă ai fi tu în locul meu, ce ai face?
If you were in my place, what would you do?
Fie ca tu să găsești liniștea pe care o cauți.
May you find the peace you are seeking.

Word family

tăuyour (masc.)
tayour (fem.)
teyou (unstressed object pronoun)
tineyou (stressed object pronoun)
țieto you (dative pronoun)

Etymology

Tu comes from Latin tu, which goes back to Proto-Italic *tū and further to a Proto-Indo-European second-person singular pronoun. The word has stayed almost unchanged for thousands of years across many languages. Romanian kept the Latin form directly, unlike some other pronouns that got reshaped over time.

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