eiu
Corsican
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆. Compare Italian io and Sicilian ju,
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈe.ju/
- Hyphenation: e‧iu
- Rhymes: -ju
Pronoun
eiu
- I
- 1990, Ghjacumu Thiers, A funtana d'Altea, →ISBN, page 146:
- Simu tutti schiavi di u Tempu, ed eiu ùn ammaestru u meiu.
- We are all slaves of Time, and I am not the master of mine.
- 2005, Christian Dubois, A Bìbbia corsa [The Corsican Bible], Actes 10:26:
- Ma Petru u fece arrizzà, dicendu: Arrìzzati; anch'èiu sò un omu.
- But Peter made him stand up, saying: Stand up; I am only a man myself.
Usage notes
- Since the Corsican verb already inflects by person, eiu is dropped in most cases, being used chiefly for emphasis:
- Vò à a scola. ― I'm going to school.
- Eiu vò à a scola. ― I'm going to school.
See also
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | 1st person | eiu | mi | mè | ||
2nd person | tù | ti | tè | |||
3rd person | m | ellu | li | u, l' | ellu | |
f | ella | a, l' | ella | |||
plural | 1st person | noi | ci | noi | ||
2nd person | voi | vi | voi | |||
3rd person | m | elli | li | i, l' | elli | |
f | elle | e, l' | elle |
References
- “eiu, eo, eu, ghjeu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa