oua
See also: òua and ouă
Chuukese
Pronoun
oua
- you (plural)
Adjective
oua
- you (plural) are
Related terms
Present and past tense | Negative tense | Future | Negative future | Distant future | Negative determinate | ||
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Singular | First person | ua | use | upwe | usap | upwap | ute |
Second person | ka, ke | kose, kese | kopwe, kepwe | kosap, kesap | kopwap, kepwap | kote, kete | |
Third person | a | ese | epwe | esap | epwap | ete | |
Plural | First person | aua (exclusive) sia (inclusive) | ause (exclusive) sise (inclusive) | aupwe (exclusive) sipwe (inclusive) | ausap (exclusive) sisap (inclusive) | aupwap (exclusive) sipwap (inclusive) | aute (exclusive) site (inclusive) |
Second person | oua | ouse | oupwe | ousap | oupwap | oute | |
Third person | ra, re | rese | repwe | resap | repwap | rete |
Ligurian
Adverb
oua
- now (at the present time)
- Mi véuggio béive 'na bïra e vin oua.
- I want to drink a beer and wine now.
- Mi véuggio béive 'na bïra e vin oua.
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French voir (“to see”). Compare Saint Dominican Creole French voir, Haitian Creole wè.
Verb
oua
- to see
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Romanian
Etymology
From ou + -a or from a Vulgar Latin *ōvāre, from Latin ōvum. Compare Aromanian oauã, Friulian ovâ, Spanish ovar.
Verb
a oua (third-person singular present ouă, past participle ouat) 1st conj.
- (of birds, reptiles, insects, etc, reflexive) to lay eggs
Conjugation
conjugation of oua (first conjugation, no infix, third-person only)
infinitive | a oua | ||||||
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gerund | ouând | ||||||
past participle | ouat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | — | — | ouă | — | — | ouă | |
imperfect | — | — | oua | — | — | ouau | |
simple perfect | — | — | ouă | — | — | ouară | |
pluperfect | — | — | ouase | — | — | ouaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | — | — | să ouă | — | — | să ouă | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | — | — | |||||
negative | — | — |
Derived terms
- ouătoare
Related terms
- ou