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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bavarian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Bavarian</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Bavarian-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Bavarian subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Bavarian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_1" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronoun_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronoun_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.1</span> <span>Pronoun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronoun_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-See_also_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.1.1</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Article" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Article"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.2</span> <span>Article</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Article-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-See_also_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.2.1</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronoun_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronoun_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1</span> <span>Pronoun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronoun_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-See_also_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1.1</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Catalan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Catalan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Catalan</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Catalan-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Catalan subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Catalan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronoun_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronoun_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Pronoun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronoun_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Usage_notes_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usage_notes_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Usage notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usage_notes_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declension" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declension"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Declension</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declension-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cimbrian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cimbrian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Cimbrian</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Cimbrian-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Cimbrian subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Cimbrian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_1_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Article_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Article_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1</span> <span>Article</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Article_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Alternative_forms_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alternative_forms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1.1</span> <span>Alternative forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alternative_forms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1.2</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronoun_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronoun_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1</span> <span>Pronoun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronoun_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dutch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dutch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Dutch</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Dutch-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Dutch subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Dutch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_1_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Article_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Article_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.2</span> <span>Article</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Article_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Usage_notes_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usage_notes_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.2.1</span> <span>Usage notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usage_notes_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adverb_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adverb_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.2</span> <span>Adverb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adverb_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-German" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#German"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>German</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-German-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle German subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-German-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Article_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Article_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Article</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Article_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronoun_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronoun_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Pronoun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronoun_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Verb_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Verb_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Verb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Verb_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Irish" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Irish"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Irish</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Irish-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Irish subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Irish-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Conjunction_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conjunction_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Conjunction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conjunction_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Particle" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Particle"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Particle</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Particle-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-North_Frisian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#North_Frisian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>North Frisian</span> </div> </a> <button 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<a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Scottish_Gaelic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scottish_Gaelic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Scottish Gaelic</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Scottish_Gaelic-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Scottish Gaelic subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Scottish_Gaelic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_1_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Verb_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Verb_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1.2</span> <span>Verb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Verb_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conjunction_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conjunction_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.2</span> <span>Conjunction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conjunction_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div 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<b>possessive</b> </i>’s<i>, see <a href="/wiki/-%27s" title="-'s">-'s</a>.</i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%99s#English" class="mw-redirect" title="’s">’s</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Contractions of various words ending in <i>s</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">after voiceless consonants except <span class="IPA">/s/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ʃ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/t͡ʃ/</span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">enPR</a>: <span class="AHD enPR">s</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/s/</span> <ul><li><style 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-us-s_sound_after_consonant.ogg/En-us-s_sound_after_consonant.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-us-s_sound_after_consonant.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:En-us-s_sound_after_consonant.ogg" title="File:En-us-s sound after consonant.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">after a sibilant or affricate</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">enPR</a>: <span class="AHD enPR">ĭz</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ɪz/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">enPR</a>: <span class="AHD enPR">ĭz</span>, <span class="AHD enPR">əz</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ɪz/</span>, <span class="IPA">/əz/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">enPR</a>: <span class="AHD enPR">əz</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/əz/</span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="ib-brac 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fit-content"> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Headset_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Headset_icon.svg/20px-Headset_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Headset_icon.svg/40px-Headset_icon.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="119" data-file-height="136" /></a></span> </td> <td>This entry needs an <a href="/wiki/Category:Requests_for_audio_pronunciation_in_English_entries" title="Category:Requests for audio pronunciation in English entries">audio pronunciation</a>. 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this is sometimes proscribed.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="4"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/apostrophe#English" title="apostrophe">apostrophe</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/contraction#English" title="contraction">contraction</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/%27d#English" title="'d">'d</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%99d#English" class="mw-redirect" title="’d">’d</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/%27ll#English" title="'ll">'ll</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%99ll#English" class="mw-redirect" title="’ll">’ll</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/%27m#English" title="'m">'m</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%99m#English" class="mw-redirect" title="’m">’m</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/%27re#English" title="'re">'re</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%99re#English" class="mw-redirect" title="’re">’re</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-%27s#English" title="-'s">-'s</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-%E2%80%99s#English" title="-’s">-’s</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/%27ve#English" title="'ve">'ve</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%99ve#English" class="mw-redirect" title="’ve">’ve</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronoun">Pronoun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">’s</strong> (<i>clitic</i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/us#English" title="us">us</a></i></span></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">found in the formula <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/let%27s#English" title="let's">let’s</a></i> which is used to form first-person plural <a href="/wiki/imperative" title="imperative">imperatives</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">What are you guys waiting for? Let<b>’s</b> go!</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a></i> <span class="None" lang="und"><b>1610–1611</b> (date written)</span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter%27s_Tale" class="extiw" title="w:The Winter's Tale">The Winters Tale</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Published According to the True Originall Copies.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ward<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Blount</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1623</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a></small>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Act I, scene ii<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mrvvilliamshakes00shak/page/n304/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">277</span></a>, column 2:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Wee'le part the time betweene<b><span>'</span>s</b> then: and in that<br />Ile no gaine-ſaying.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Determiner">Determiner</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Determiner"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">’s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#poetic" title="Appendix:Glossary">poetic</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/his#English" title="his">his</a></i></span></span>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Duncan’s in <b>’s</b> grave</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conjunction">Conjunction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Conjunction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">’s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dialectal" title="Appendix:Glossary">dialect</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/as#English" title="as">as</a></i></span></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">when it is (nonstandardly) used as a relative conjunction, or like a relative pronoun, meaning "that"</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">All<b>’s</b> he wanted was to go home.</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adverb">Adverb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">’s</strong> (<i>not <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparable" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparable</a></i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dialectal" title="Appendix:Glossary">dialect</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/as#English" title="as">as</a></i></span></span>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1922</b></span>, E. F. Benson, <cite>Negotium Perambulans</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He takes his bottle of whisky a day and gets drunk<b>’s</b> a lord in the evening.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="term-list columns-bg"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Grimsby#English" title="Grimsby">Grimsby</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Grimshaw#English" title="Grimshaw">Grimshaw</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bavarian">Bavarian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Bavarian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unstressed form of <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/des#Bavarian" title="des">des</a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronoun_2">Pronoun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn 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title="Appendix:Glossary">accusative</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dative" title="Appendix:Glossary">dative</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">stressed </th> <th class="secondary">unstressed </th> <th class="secondary">stressed </th> <th class="secondary">unstressed </th> <th class="secondary">stressed </th> <th class="secondary">unstressed </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">1<sup>st</sup> person singular </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/i#Bavarian" title="i">i</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/mi#Bavarian" title="mi">mi</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/mia#Bavarian" title="mia">mia</a></span> (mir) </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/ma#Bavarian" title="ma">ma</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">2<sup>nd</sup> person singular </th> <th class="secondary">informal </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/du#Bavarian" title="du">du</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/di#Bavarian" title="di">di</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/dia#Bavarian" title="dia">dia</a></span> (dir) </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/da#Bavarian" title="da">da</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">formal </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/Sie#Bavarian" title="Sie">Sie</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eahna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eahna (page does not exist)">Eahna</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eahna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eahna (page does not exist)">Eahna</a></span> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">3<sup>rd</sup> person singular </th> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/er#Bavarian" title="er">er</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/a#Bavarian" title="a">a</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/eahm#Bavarian" title="eahm">eahm</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/%27n#Bavarian" title="'n">'n</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/eahm#Bavarian" title="eahm">eahm</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/%27n#Bavarian" title="'n">'n</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/es#Bavarian" title="es">es</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/des#Bavarian" title="des">des</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/des#Bavarian" title="des">des</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/se#Bavarian" title="se">se</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/de#Bavarian" title="de">de</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/se#Bavarian" title="se">se</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/ihr#Bavarian" title="ihr">ihr</a></span> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">1<sup>st</sup> person plural </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/mia#Bavarian" title="mia">mia</a></span> (mir) </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/ma#Bavarian" title="ma">ma</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/uns#Bavarian" title="uns">uns</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/uns#Bavarian" title="uns">uns</a></span> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2<sup>nd</sup> person plural </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/e%C3%9F#Bavarian" title="eß">eß</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/ihr#Bavarian" title="ihr">ihr</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/enk#Bavarian" title="enk">enk</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/eich#Bavarian" title="eich">eich</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/enk#Bavarian" title="enk">enk</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/eich#Bavarian" title="eich">eich</a></span> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">3<sup>rd</sup> person plural </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/se#Bavarian" title="se">se</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/eahna#Bavarian" title="eahna">eahna</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/eahna#Bavarian" title="eahna">eahna</a></span> </td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Article">Article</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Article"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="bar">'s</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/the" title="the">the</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="See_also_3">See also</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-blue inflection-table-collapsible inflection-table-collapsed no-vc very-narrow" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84361117" /> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Bavarian articles </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" class="outer"> </th> <th colspan="6" class="outer">singular </th> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2" class="outer">plural </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2"> </th> <th colspan="2">masculine </th> <th colspan="2">neuter </th> <th colspan="2">feminine </th></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">stressed </th> <th class="secondary">unstressed </th> <th class="secondary">stressed </th> <th class="secondary">unstressed </th> <th class="secondary">stressed </th> <th class="secondary">unstressed </th> <th class="secondary">stressed </th> <th class="secondary">unstressed </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/definite_article" title="definite article">definite</a> </th> <th>nominative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/der#Bavarian" title="der">der</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/da#Bavarian" title="da">da</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/das#Bavarian" title="das">das</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/es#Bavarian" title="es">es</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/des#Bavarian" title="des">des</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/de#Bavarian" title="de">de</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/d%27#Bavarian" title="d'">d'</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/de#Bavarian" title="de">de</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/d%27#Bavarian" title="d'">d'</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/en#Bavarian" title="en">en</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/den#Bavarian" title="den">den</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/%27n#Bavarian" title="'n">'n</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>dative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/em#Bavarian" title="em">em</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/dem#Bavarian" title="dem">dem</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/%27m#Bavarian" title="'m">'m</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/em#Bavarian" title="em">em</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/dem#Bavarian" title="dem">dem</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/%27m#Bavarian" title="'m">'m</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/der#Bavarian" title="der">der</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/da#Bavarian" title="da">da</a></span> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th>genitive<sup>1</sup> </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/des#Bavarian" title="des">des</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/des#Bavarian" title="des">des</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/der#Bavarian" title="der">der</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/da#Bavarian" title="da">da</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/der#Bavarian" title="der">der</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/da#Bavarian" title="da">da</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10" class="separator"> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/indefinite_article" title="indefinite article">indefinite</a> </th> <th>nominative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/a#Bavarian" title="a">a</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/a#Bavarian" title="a">a</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">— </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/a#Bavarian" title="a">a</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">— </td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="3">— </td></tr> <tr> <th>accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/an#Bavarian" title="an">an</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/%27n#Bavarian" title="'n">'n</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>dative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/am#Bavarian" title="am">am</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/%27m#Bavarian" title="'m">'m</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/am#Bavarian" title="am">am</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/%27m#Bavarian" title="'m">'m</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/a#Bavarian" title="a">a</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/ana#Bavarian" title="ana">ana</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/%27na#Bavarian" title="'na">'na</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="inflection-table-notes"> <p><sup>1</sup> higher, formal register </p> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unstressed form of <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/se#Bavarian" title="se">se</a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronoun_3">Pronoun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="bar">'s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/she" title="she">she</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/they" title="they">they</a>, <a href="/wiki/them" title="them">them</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="See_also_4">See also</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-blue inflection-table-collapsible inflection-table-collapsed no-vc" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84361117" /> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Bavarian personal pronouns </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2"> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#nominative" title="Appendix:Glossary">nominative</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#accusative" title="Appendix:Glossary">accusative</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dative" title="Appendix:Glossary">dative</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">stressed </th> <th class="secondary">unstressed </th> <th class="secondary">stressed </th> <th class="secondary">unstressed </th> <th class="secondary">stressed </th> <th class="secondary">unstressed </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">1<sup>st</sup> person singular </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/i#Bavarian" title="i">i</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/mi#Bavarian" title="mi">mi</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/mia#Bavarian" title="mia">mia</a></span> (mir) </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/ma#Bavarian" title="ma">ma</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">2<sup>nd</sup> person singular </th> <th class="secondary">informal </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/du#Bavarian" title="du">du</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/di#Bavarian" title="di">di</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/dia#Bavarian" title="dia">dia</a></span> (dir) </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/da#Bavarian" title="da">da</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">formal </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/Sie#Bavarian" title="Sie">Sie</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eahna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eahna (page does not exist)">Eahna</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eahna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eahna (page does not exist)">Eahna</a></span> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">3<sup>rd</sup> person singular </th> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/er#Bavarian" title="er">er</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/a#Bavarian" title="a">a</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/eahm#Bavarian" title="eahm">eahm</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/%27n#Bavarian" title="'n">'n</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/eahm#Bavarian" title="eahm">eahm</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/%27n#Bavarian" title="'n">'n</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/es#Bavarian" title="es">es</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/des#Bavarian" title="des">des</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/des#Bavarian" title="des">des</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/se#Bavarian" title="se">se</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/de#Bavarian" title="de">de</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/se#Bavarian" title="se">se</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/ihr#Bavarian" title="ihr">ihr</a></span> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">1<sup>st</sup> person plural </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/mia#Bavarian" title="mia">mia</a></span> (mir) </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/ma#Bavarian" title="ma">ma</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/uns#Bavarian" title="uns">uns</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/uns#Bavarian" title="uns">uns</a></span> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2<sup>nd</sup> person plural </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/e%C3%9F#Bavarian" title="eß">eß</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/ihr#Bavarian" title="ihr">ihr</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/enk#Bavarian" title="enk">enk</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/eich#Bavarian" title="eich">eich</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/enk#Bavarian" title="enk">enk</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/eich#Bavarian" title="eich">eich</a></span> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">3<sup>rd</sup> person plural </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/se#Bavarian" title="se">se</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/eahna#Bavarian" title="eahna">eahna</a></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="bar"><a href="/wiki/eahna#Bavarian" title="eahna">eahna</a></span> </td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Catalan">Catalan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Catalan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronoun_4">Pronoun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ca">'s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/se#Catalan" title="se">se</a></i></span></span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes_2">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i class="Latn mention" lang="ca"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></i> is the reduced (<i><span class="Latn" lang="ca">reduïda</span></i>) form of the pronoun. It is used after verbs ending with a <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#vowel" title="Appendix:Glossary">vowel</a>. <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="ca">Si us plau, calmi<b>'s</b>.</i> ― <span class="e-translation">Please calm down.</span></span></dd></dl></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension">Declension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-grey inflection-table-collapsible inflection-table-collapsed no-vc" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84361117" /> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Catalan personal pronouns and clitics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" class="outer"> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2"> </th> <th rowspan="2">strong/subject </th> <th colspan="2">weak (direct object) </th> <th colspan="2">weak (indirect object) </th> <th rowspan="2">possessive </th></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">proclitic </th> <th class="secondary">enclitic </th> <th class="secondary">proclitic </th> <th class="secondary">enclitic </th></tr> <tr> <th class="outer" rowspan="8">singular </th> <th rowspan="2">1st<br />person </th> <th class="secondary">standard </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/jo#Catalan" title="jo">jo</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/mi#Catalan" title="mi">mi</a></span><sup>3</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/em#Catalan" title="em">em</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/m%27#Catalan" title="m'">m’</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/me#Catalan" title="me">me</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27m#Catalan" title="'m">’m</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/em#Catalan" title="em">em</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/m%27#Catalan" title="m'">m’</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/me#Catalan" title="me">me</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27m#Catalan" title="'m">’m</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/meu#Catalan" title="meu">meu</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">majestic<sup>1</sup> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/n%C3%B3s#Catalan" title="nós">nós</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/ens#Catalan" title="ens">ens</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/nos#Catalan" title="nos">nos</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27ns#Catalan" title="'ns">’ns</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/ens#Catalan" title="ens">ens</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/nos#Catalan" title="nos">nos</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27ns#Catalan" title="'ns">’ns</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/nostre#Catalan" title="nostre">nostre</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">2nd<br />person </th> <th class="secondary">standard </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/tu#Catalan" title="tu">tu</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/et#Catalan" title="et">et</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/t%27#Catalan" title="t'">t’</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/te#Catalan" title="te">te</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27t#Catalan" title="'t">’t</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/et#Catalan" title="et">et</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/t%27#Catalan" title="t'">t’</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/te#Catalan" title="te">te</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27t#Catalan" title="'t">’t</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/teu#Catalan" title="teu">teu</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">formal<sup>1</sup> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/v%C3%B3s#Catalan" title="vós">vós</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/us#Catalan" title="us">us</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/vos#Catalan" title="vos">vos</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/us#Catalan" title="us">us</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/us#Catalan" title="us">us</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/vos#Catalan" title="vos">vos</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/us#Catalan" title="us">us</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/vostre#Catalan" title="vostre">vostre</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">very formal<sup>2</sup> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/vost%C3%A8#Catalan" title="vostè">vostè</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/el#Catalan" title="el">el</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/l%27#Catalan" title="l'">l’</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/lo#Catalan" title="lo">lo</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27l#Catalan" title="'l">’l</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/li#Catalan" title="li">li</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/li#Catalan" title="li">li</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/seu#Catalan" title="seu">seu</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">3rd<br />person </th> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/ell#Catalan" title="ell">ell</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/el#Catalan" title="el">el</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/l%27#Catalan" title="l'">l’</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/lo#Catalan" title="lo">lo</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27l#Catalan" title="'l">’l</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/li#Catalan" title="li">li</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/li#Catalan" title="li">li</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/seu#Catalan" title="seu">seu</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/ella#Catalan" title="ella">ella</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/la#Catalan" title="la">la</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/l%27#Catalan" title="l'">l’</a></span><sup>4</sup> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/la#Catalan" title="la">la</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/li#Catalan" title="li">li</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/li#Catalan" title="li">li</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/seu#Catalan" title="seu">seu</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> </th> <td> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/ho#Catalan" title="ho">ho</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/ho#Catalan" title="ho">ho</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/li#Catalan" title="li">li</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/li#Catalan" title="li">li</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/seu#Catalan" title="seu">seu</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="outer" rowspan="6">plural </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/first_person" title="first person">1st person</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/nosaltres#Catalan" title="nosaltres">nosaltres</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/ens#Catalan" title="ens">ens</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/nos#Catalan" title="nos">nos</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27ns#Catalan" title="'ns">’ns</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/ens#Catalan" title="ens">ens</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/nos#Catalan" title="nos">nos</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27ns#Catalan" title="'ns">’ns</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/nostre#Catalan" title="nostre">nostre</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">2nd<br />person </th> <th class="secondary">standard </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/vosaltres#Catalan" title="vosaltres">vosaltres</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/us#Catalan" title="us">us</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/vos#Catalan" title="vos">vos</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/us#Catalan" title="us">us</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/us#Catalan" title="us">us</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/vos#Catalan" title="vos">vos</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/us#Catalan" title="us">us</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/vostre#Catalan" title="vostre">vostre</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">formal<sup>2</sup> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/vost%C3%A8s#Catalan" title="vostès">vostès</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/els#Catalan" title="els">els</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/los#Catalan" title="los">los</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27ls#Catalan" title="'ls">’ls</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/els#Catalan" title="els">els</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/los#Catalan" title="los">los</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27ls#Catalan" title="'ls">’ls</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/seu#Catalan" title="seu">seu</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">3rd<br />person </th> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/ells#Catalan" title="ells">ells</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/els#Catalan" title="els">els</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/los#Catalan" title="los">los</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27ls#Catalan" title="'ls">’ls</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/els#Catalan" title="els">els</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/los#Catalan" title="los">los</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27ls#Catalan" title="'ls">’ls</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/seu#Catalan" title="seu">seu</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/elles#Catalan" title="elles">elles</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/les#Catalan" title="les">les</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/les#Catalan" title="les">les</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/els#Catalan" title="els">els</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/los#Catalan" title="los">los</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27ls#Catalan" title="'ls">’ls</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/seu#Catalan" title="seu">seu</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/third_person" title="third person">3rd person</a> reflexive </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/si#Catalan" title="si">si</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/es#Catalan" title="es">es</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/s%27#Catalan" title="s'">s’</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/se#Catalan" title="se">se</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Catalan">’s</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/es#Catalan" title="es">es</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/s%27#Catalan" title="s'">s’</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/se#Catalan" title="se">se</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Catalan">’s</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/seu#Catalan" title="seu">seu</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" class="outer">adverbial </th> <th colspan="2">ablative/genitive </th> <td> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/en#Catalan" title="en">en</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/n%27#Catalan" title="n'">n’</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/ne#Catalan" title="ne">ne</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%27n#Catalan" title="'n">’n</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">locative </th> <td> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/hi#Catalan" title="hi">hi</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ca">-<a href="/wiki/hi#Catalan" title="hi">hi</a></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="inflection-table-notes"> <p><sup>1</sup> Behaves grammatically as plural.   <sup>2</sup> Behaves grammatically as third person.<br /><sup>3</sup> Only as object of a preposition.   <sup>4</sup> Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. </p> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cimbrian">Cimbrian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Cimbrian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_2">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Article_2">Article</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Article"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="cim">'s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sette_Comuni" class="extiw" title="w:Sette Comuni">Sette Comuni</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/the" title="the">the</a>; <span class="use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/definite_article#English" title="definite article">definite article</a> for two declensions</span>: <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">nominative singular neuter</span></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">accusative singular neuter</span></li></ol></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Alternative_forms_2">Alternative forms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/z#Cimbrian" title="z">z</a></span> <span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luserna" class="extiw" title="w:Luserna">Luserna</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="See_also_5">See also</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-grey" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84361117" /> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Cimbrian <a href="/wiki/definite_article" title="definite article">definite articles</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th class="outer"> </th> <th class="outer" colspan="3">singular </th> <th class="outer" rowspan="2">plural </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>masculine </th> <th>feminine </th> <th>neuter </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/nominative" title="nominative">nominative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/dar#Cimbrian" title="dar">dar</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/de#Cimbrian" title="de">de</a></span> / <span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/di#Cimbrian" title="di">di</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="cim"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> / <span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/z#Cimbrian" title="z">z</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/de#Cimbrian" title="de">de</a></span> / <span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/di#Cimbrian" title="di">di</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/accusative" title="accusative">accusative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/in#Cimbrian" title="in">in</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/de#Cimbrian" title="de">de</a></span> / <span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/di#Cimbrian" title="di">di</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="cim"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> / <span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/z#Cimbrian" title="z">z</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/de#Cimbrian" title="de">de</a></span> / <span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/di#Cimbrian" title="di">di</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/dative" title="dative">dative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/me#Cimbrian" title="me">me</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/dar#Cimbrian" title="dar">dar</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/me#Cimbrian" title="me">me</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/in#Cimbrian" title="in">in</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronoun_5">Pronoun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="cim">'s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sette_Comuni" class="extiw" title="w:Sette Comuni">Sette Comuni</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="cim"><a href="/wiki/es#Cimbrian" title="es">es</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">it</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“'s” in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (<span class="None" lang="und">1974</span>) <cite>Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini</cite>, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dutch">Dutch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Dutch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_3">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A clitic form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/des#Dutch" title="des">des</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#genitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">genitive</a> of the masculine and neuter singular articles <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/de#Dutch" title="de">de</a></i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/het#Dutch" title="het">het</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Dutch_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Dutch pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/s/</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410" /><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="Nl-'s.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Nl-%27s.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/Nl-%27s.ogg/Nl-%27s.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Nl-%27s.ogg" title="File:Nl-'s.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Article_3">Article</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Article"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nl">’s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/des#Dutch" title="des">des</a></i></span></span>. <dl><dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="nl">’s Konings baard ruikt naar uiensoep.</i> ― <span class="e-translation">The king's beard smells like onion soup.</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27s_morgens#Dutch" title="'s morgens">’s morgens</a></i> ― <span class="e-translation">in the morning</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="nl">’s werelds beste reisbestemming</i> ― <span class="e-translation">the world’s best travel destination</span></span></dd> <dd><span class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="nl">’s werelds mooiste zeereis</i> ― <span class="e-translation">the world’s most beautiful sea voyage</span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Usage_notes_3">Usage notes</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>As <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">’s</i> is still conceptualized as a contraction of <i>des</i>, it is never capitalised, even before a proper noun or at the start of sentences. Instead, the following word is capitalised, as in '<i>s Morgens regent het</i> ("It rains in the morning").</li> <li>Now hardly used, except in certain cases: <dl><dd>In <a href="/wiki/genitive_absolute" title="genitive absolute">genitive absolute</a> phrases: <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27s_ochtends#Dutch" title="'s ochtends">’s ochtends</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27s_morgens#Dutch" title="'s morgens">’s morgens</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27s_middags#Dutch" title="'s middags">’s middags</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27s_avonds#Dutch" title="'s avonds">’s avonds</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27s_nachts#Dutch" title="'s nachts">’s nachts</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27s_zomers#Dutch" title="'s zomers">’s zomers</a></i>, and <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27s_winters#Dutch" title="'s winters">’s winters</a></i>.</dd> <dd>In other set phrases, such as placenames: <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27s_Hertogenbosch#Dutch" title="'s Hertogenbosch">’s Hertogenbosch</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/%27s_Gravenhage#Dutch" title="'s Gravenhage">’s Gravenhage</a></i>, and <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E2%80%99s-Heerenberg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="’s-Heerenberg (page does not exist)">’s-Heerenberg</a></i>.</dd> <dd>With locations or entities when forming superlative phrases: <i>’s werelds beste kok</i> ("the world's finest cook"), <i>’s lands mooiste dorp</i> ("the country's most beautiful village").</dd></dl></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_3">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Dutch_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Dutch pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/əs/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ɪs/</span>, <span class="IPA">/s/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adverb_2">Adverb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nl">'s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Clipping of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/eens#Dutch" title="eens">eens</a></i></span></span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="German">German</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: German"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Article_4">Article</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Article"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="de">’s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">chiefly <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a> or <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#poetic" title="Appendix:Glossary">poetic</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/das#German" title="das">das</a></i></span></span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronoun_6">Pronoun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="de">’s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">chiefly <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a> or <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#poetic" title="Appendix:Glossary">poetic</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/es#German" title="es">es</a></i></span></span>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">chiefly <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a> or <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#poetic" title="Appendix:Glossary">poetic</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/das#German" title="das">das</a></i></span></span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb_2">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="de">’s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ist#German" title="ist">ist</a></i></span></span>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/is%27#German" title="is'">is'</a></span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also_6">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/-%27s#German" title="-'s">-'s</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Irish">Irish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Irish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conjunction_2">Conjunction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Conjunction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ga">’s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/is#Irish" title="is">is</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">and</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Particle">Particle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Particle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ga">’s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/is#Irish" title="is">is</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">is</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ga">’s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/a#Irish" title="a">a</a> <a href="/wiki/fhios#Irish" title="fhios">fhios</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">knowledge of it</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span>: <span class="use-with-mention">only used in <i class="Latn mention" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%A1%E2%80%99s_ag#Irish" class="mw-redirect" title="tá’s ag">tá’s ag</a></i></span> <span class="use-with-mention">and similar constructions</span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="North_Frisian">North Frisian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: North Frisian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronoun_7">Pronoun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="frr">'s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">reduced third-person plural personal pronoun</span> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6hr-Amrum" class="extiw" title="w:Föhr-Amrum">Föhr-Amrum</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Reduced form of of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jo#North_Frisian" title="jo">jo</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">they, them</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooring_(North_Frisian_dialect)" class="extiw" title="w:Mooring (North Frisian dialect)">Mooring</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylt" class="extiw" title="w:Sylt">Sylt</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Reduced form of of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/ja#North_Frisian" title="ja">ja</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">they”, in Mooring also “them</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooring_(North_Frisian_dialect)" class="extiw" title="w:Mooring (North Frisian dialect)">Mooring</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylt" class="extiw" title="w:Sylt">Sylt</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Reduced form of of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jam#North_Frisian" title="jam">jam</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">them</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span></li></ol></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">reduced third-person singular feminine pronoun</span> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooring_(North_Frisian_dialect)" class="extiw" title="w:Mooring (North Frisian dialect)">Mooring</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylt" class="extiw" title="w:Sylt">Sylt</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Reduced form of of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/j%C3%BC#North_Frisian" title="jü">jü</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">she</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooring_(North_Frisian_dialect)" class="extiw" title="w:Mooring (North Frisian dialect)">Mooring</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Reduced form of of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/har#North_Frisian" title="har">har</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">her</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylt" class="extiw" title="w:Sylt">Sylt</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Reduced form of of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/h%C3%B6%C3%B6r#North_Frisian" title="höör">höör</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">her</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span></li></ol></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms_3">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">she, her</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27t#North_Frisian" title="'t">'t</a></span> <span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6hr-Amrum" class="extiw" title="w:Föhr-Amrum">Föhr-Amrum</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also_7">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-indigo inflection-table-collapsible inflection-table-collapsed no-vc" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84361117" /> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Personal and possessive pronouns (<a href="/wiki/F%C3%B6hr" title="Föhr">Föhr</a>-<a href="/wiki/Amrum" title="Amrum">Amrum</a> dialect) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" class="outer"> </th> <th colspan="4" class="outer">personal </th> <th rowspan="999" class="separator"> </th> <th colspan="4" class="outer">possessive </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="2"> </th> <th colspan="2">subject case </th> <th colspan="2">object case </th> <th rowspan="2">masculine referent </th> <th rowspan="2">feminine / neuter referent </th> <th colspan="2">plural referent </th></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary" style="min-width:2.5em">full </th> <th class="secondary">reduced </th> <th class="secondary" style="min-width:2.5em">full </th> <th class="secondary">reduced </th> <th class="secondary">attributive </th> <th class="secondary">independent </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4" style="min-width:0">singular </th> <th colspan="2">1st </th> <td style="min-width:2.5em"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/ik#North_Frisian" title="ik">ik</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27k#North_Frisian" title="'k">'k</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/mi#North_Frisian" title="mi">mi</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/man#North_Frisian" title="man">man</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/min#North_Frisian" title="min">min</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/minen#North_Frisian" title="minen">minen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2nd </th> <td style="min-width:2.5em"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/d%C3%BC#North_Frisian" title="dü">dü</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/di#North_Frisian" title="di">di</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/dan#North_Frisian" title="dan">dan</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/din#North_Frisian" title="din">din</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/dinen#North_Frisian" title="dinen">dinen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="min-width:auto">3rd </th> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> </th> <td style="min-width:2.5em"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/hi#North_Frisian" title="hi">hi</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27r#North_Frisian" title="'r">'r</a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:2.5em" rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/ham#North_Frisian" title="ham">ham</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27n#North_Frisian" title="'n">'n</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/san#North_Frisian" title="san">san</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/sin#North_Frisian" title="sin">sin</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/sinen#North_Frisian" title="sinen">sinen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> or <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> </th> <td style="min-width:2.5em"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/hat#North_Frisian" title="hat">hat</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/at#North_Frisian" title="at">at</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27t#North_Frisian" title="'t">'t</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/at#North_Frisian" title="at">at</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27t#North_Frisian" title="'t">'t</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="6" style="min-width:0">plural </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">1st </th> <td style="min-width:2.5em" rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/wi#North_Frisian" title="wi">wi</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27f#North_Frisian" title="'f">'f</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%BCs#North_Frisian" title="üs">üs</a></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%BC%C3%BCs#North_Frisian" title="üüs">üüs</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%BC%C3%BCsen#North_Frisian" title="üüsen">üüsen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%BCsens#North_Frisian" title="üsens">üsens</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">2nd </th> <td style="min-width:2.5em" rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jam#North_Frisian" title="jam">jam</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27m#North_Frisian" title="'m">'m</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jam#North_Frisian" title="jam">jam</a></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jau#North_Frisian" title="jau">jau</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jauen#North_Frisian" title="jauen">jauen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jamens#North_Frisian" title="jamens">jamens</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">3rd </th> <td style="min-width:2.5em" rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jo#North_Frisian" title="jo">jo</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td style="min-width:2.5em" rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jo#North_Frisian" title="jo">jo</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td colspan="3"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/h%C3%B6r#North_Frisian" title="hör">hör</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/h%C3%B6ren#North_Frisian" title="hören">hören</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/h%C3%B6rens#North_Frisian" title="hörens">hörens</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="inflection-table-notes"> <ul><li>The reduced forms with an apostrophe are <a href="/wiki/enclitic" title="enclitic">enclitic</a>; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/d%C3%BC#North_Frisian" title="dü">Dü</a></i> is deleted altogether in such contexts.</li> <li><i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/at#North_Frisian" title="at">At</a></i> is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In <a href="/wiki/reflexive" title="reflexive">reflexive</a> use, only full object forms occur.</li> <li>Dual forms <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/wat#North_Frisian" title="wat">wat</a> / <a href="/wiki/onk#North_Frisian" title="onk">onk</a></i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jat#North_Frisian" title="jat">jat</a> / <a href="/wiki/jonk#North_Frisian" title="jonk">jonk</a></i> are obsolete, as is feminine <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/j%C3%BC#North_Frisian" title="jü">jü</a> / <a href="/wiki/h%C3%B6r#North_Frisian" title="hör">hör</a></i>.</li> <li>Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.</li> <li>The forms <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%BCsens#North_Frisian" title="üsens">üsens</a>, <a href="/wiki/jamens#North_Frisian" title="jamens">jamens</a>, <a href="/wiki/h%C3%B6rens#North_Frisian" title="hörens">hörens</a></i> are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.</li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-indigo inflection-table-collapsible inflection-table-collapsed no-vc" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84361117" /> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Personal and possessive pronouns (<a href="/wiki/Mooring" title="Mooring">Mooring</a> dialect) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" class="outer"> </th> <th colspan="4" class="outer">personal </th> <th rowspan="999" class="separator"> </th> <th colspan="2" class="outer">possessive </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="2"> </th> <th colspan="2">subject case </th> <th colspan="2">object case </th> <th rowspan="2">masculine<br />referent </th> <th rowspan="2">feminine / neuter / plural<br />referent </th></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">full </th> <th class="secondary">reduced </th> <th class="secondary">full </th> <th class="secondary">reduced </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5">singular </th> <th colspan="2">1st </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/ik#North_Frisian" title="ik">ik</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27k#North_Frisian" title="'k">'k</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/me#North_Frisian" title="me">me</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/man#North_Frisian" title="man">man</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/min#North_Frisian" title="min">min</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2nd </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/d%C3%BC#North_Frisian" title="dü">dü</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/de#North_Frisian" title="de">de</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/dan#North_Frisian" title="dan">dan</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/din#North_Frisian" title="din">din</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3" style="min-width:auto">3rd </th> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/hi#North_Frisian" title="hi">hi</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27r#North_Frisian" title="'r">'r</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/ham#North_Frisian" title="ham">ham</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27n#North_Frisian" title="'n">'n</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/san#North_Frisian" title="san">san</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/sin#North_Frisian" title="sin">sin</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/j%C3%BC#North_Frisian" title="jü">jü</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/har#North_Frisian" title="har">har</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/harn#North_Frisian" title="harn">harn</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/har#North_Frisian" title="har">har</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/hat#North_Frisian" title="hat">hat</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/et#North_Frisian" title="et">et</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27t#North_Frisian" title="'t">'t</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/ham#North_Frisian" title="ham">ham</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/et#North_Frisian" title="et">et</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27t#North_Frisian" title="'t">'t</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/san#North_Frisian" title="san">san</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/sin#North_Frisian" title="sin">sin</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">plural </th> <th colspan="2">1st </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/we#North_Frisian" title="we">we</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%BCs#North_Frisian" title="üs">üs</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%BC%C3%BCsen#North_Frisian" title="üüsen">üüsen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%BC%C3%BCs#North_Frisian" title="üüs">üüs</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2nd </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jam#North_Frisian" title="jam">jam</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27m#North_Frisian" title="'m">'m</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jam#North_Frisian" title="jam">jam</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jarnge#North_Frisian" title="jarnge">jarnge</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">3rd </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/ja#North_Frisian" title="ja">ja</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/ja#North_Frisian" title="ja">ja</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jam#North_Frisian" title="jam">jam</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jare#North_Frisian" title="jare">jare</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="inflection-table-notes"> <p>The reduced forms with an apostrophe are <a href="/wiki/enclitic" title="enclitic">enclitic</a>; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/d%C3%BC#North_Frisian" title="dü">Dü</a></i> is deleted altogether in such contexts. <br /><i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/at#North_Frisian" title="at">Et</a></i> is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/hat#North_Frisian" title="hat">hat</a></i> is now rarely used. In <a href="/wiki/reflexive" title="reflexive">reflexive</a> use, only full object forms occur.<br />Dual forms <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/wat#North_Frisian" title="wat">wat</a> / <a href="/wiki/unk#North_Frisian" title="unk">unk</a></i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jat#North_Frisian" title="jat">jat</a> / <a href="/wiki/junk#North_Frisian" title="junk">junk</a></i> are obsolete. Attributive and independent possessives are not distinguished in Mooring. </p> </div> </div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-indigo inflection-table-collapsible inflection-table-collapsed no-vc" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84361117" /> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Personal and possessive pronouns (<a href="/wiki/Sylt" title="Sylt">Sylt</a> dialect) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" class="outer"> </th> <th colspan="4" class="outer">personal </th> <th rowspan="999" class="separator"> </th> <th colspan="3" class="outer">possessive </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="2"> </th> <th colspan="2">subject case </th> <th colspan="2">object case </th> <th rowspan="2">singular<br />referent </th> <th colspan="2">plural referent </th></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">full </th> <th class="secondary">reduced </th> <th class="secondary">full </th> <th class="secondary">reduced </th> <th class="secondary">attributive </th> <th class="secondary">independent </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5">singular </th> <th colspan="2">1st </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/ik#North_Frisian" title="ik">ik</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27k#North_Frisian" title="'k">'k</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/mi#North_Frisian" title="mi">mi</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/min#North_Frisian" title="min">min</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/minen#North_Frisian" title="minen">minen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2nd </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/d%C3%BC#North_Frisian" title="dü">dü</a></span> </td> <td>– </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/di#North_Frisian" title="di">di</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/din#North_Frisian" title="din">din</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/dinen#North_Frisian" title="dinen">dinen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3" style="min-width:auto">3rd </th> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/hi#North_Frisian" title="hi">hi</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27r#North_Frisian" title="'r">'r</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/h%C3%B6m#North_Frisian" title="höm">höm</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27n#North_Frisian" title="'n">'n</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/sin#North_Frisian" title="sin">sin</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/sinen#North_Frisian" title="sinen">sinen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/j%C3%BC#North_Frisian" title="jü">jü</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/h%C3%B6%C3%B6r#North_Frisian" title="höör">höör</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/h%C3%B6%C3%B6r#North_Frisian" title="höör">höör</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/h%C3%B6%C3%B6ren#North_Frisian" title="höören">höören</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary"><span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/hat#North_Frisian" title="hat">hat</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/et#North_Frisian" title="et">et</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27t#North_Frisian" title="'t">'t</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/h%C3%B6m#North_Frisian" title="höm">höm</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/et#North_Frisian" title="et">et</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%27t#North_Frisian" title="'t">'t</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/sin#North_Frisian" title="sin">sin</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/sinen#North_Frisian" title="sinen">sinen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="999" class="separator"> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">dual </th> <th colspan="2">1st </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/wat#North_Frisian" title="wat">wat</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/unk#North_Frisian" title="unk">unk</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/unk#North_Frisian" title="unk">unk</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/unken#North_Frisian" title="unken">unken</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2nd </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/at#North_Frisian" title="at">at</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/junk#North_Frisian" title="junk">junk</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/junk#North_Frisian" title="junk">junk</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/junken#North_Frisian" title="junken">junken</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">3rd </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jat#North_Frisian" title="jat">jat</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jam#North_Frisian" title="jam">jam</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jaar#North_Frisian" title="jaar">jaar</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jaaren#North_Frisian" title="jaaren">jaaren</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="999" class="separator"> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">plural </th> <th colspan="2">1st </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/w%C3%BC#North_Frisian" title="wü">wü</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%BC%C3%BCs#North_Frisian" title="üüs">üüs</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%BC%C3%BCs#North_Frisian" title="üüs">üüs</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%BC%C3%BCsen#North_Frisian" title="üüsen">üüsen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2nd </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/i#North_Frisian" title="i">i</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/juu#North_Frisian" title="juu">juu</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/juu#North_Frisian" title="juu">juu</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/juuen#North_Frisian" title="juuen">juuen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">3rd </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/ja#North_Frisian" title="ja">ja</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jam#North_Frisian" title="jam">jam</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><strong class="selflink">'s</strong></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jaar#North_Frisian" title="jaar">jaar</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/jaaren#North_Frisian" title="jaaren">jaaren</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="inflection-table-notes"> <ul><li>The reduced forms with an apostrophe are <a href="/wiki/enclitic" title="enclitic">enclitic</a>; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/d%C3%BC#North_Frisian" title="dü">Dü</a></i> is deleted altogether in such contexts.</li> <li><i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/at#North_Frisian" title="at">Et</a></i> is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/hat#North_Frisian" title="hat">hat</a></i> is now rarely used. In <a href="/wiki/reflexive" title="reflexive">reflexive</a> use, only full object forms occur.</li> <li>The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects.</li> <li>Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.</li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scottish_Gaelic">Scottish Gaelic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Scottish Gaelic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_4">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_4">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Scottish_Gaelic_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Scottish Gaelic pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/s̪/</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">after a <a href="/wiki/back_vowel" title="back vowel">back vowel</a> sound</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Scottish_Gaelic_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Scottish Gaelic pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ʃ/</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">after a <a href="/wiki/front_vowel" title="front vowel">front vowel</a> sound</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb_3">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="gd">'s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/is#Scottish_Gaelic" title="is">is</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">is</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_4">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_5">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Scottish_Gaelic_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Scottish Gaelic pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/s̪/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Conjunction_3">Conjunction</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: Conjunction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="gd">'s</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Contraction of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/is#Scottish_Gaelic" title="is">is</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">and</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_2">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%27s&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/gaelicdictionary01arms/page/n478">'s</a>” in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Archibald_Armstrong" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Archibald Armstrong">R. A. Armstrong</a>,  <cite>A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts</cite>, London, 1825, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/464819311">→OCLC</a></small>, page 478.</li></ul> <!-- NewPP limit report Parsed by mw‐web.codfw.main‐658b85fd8d‐6xbc7 Cached time: 20250410213823 Cache expiry: 2592000 Reduced expiry: false Complications: [vary‐revision‐sha1, show‐toc] CPU time usage: 1.338 seconds Real time usage: 1.687 seconds Preprocessor visited node count: 6597/1000000 Post‐expand include size: 199011/2097152 bytes Template argument size: 21787/2097152 bytes Highest expansion depth: 13/100 Expensive parser function count: 66/500 Unstrip recursion depth: 0/20 Unstrip post‐expand size: 148758/5000000 bytes Lua time usage: 0.863/10.000 seconds Lua memory usage: 27257036/104857600 bytes Number of Wikibase entities loaded: 0/500 --> <!-- Transclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template) 100.00% 1485.896 1 -total 18.29% 271.763 2 Template:bar-decl-personal_pronouns 14.52% 215.785 144 Template:l 13.59% 201.947 1 Template:also 10.53% 156.513 41 Template:no_deprecated_lang_param_usage 9.33% 138.645 99 Template:l-self 6.91% 102.744 7 Template:inflection-table-top 6.30% 93.575 1 Template:frr-Sylt-personal-pronouns 5.87% 87.204 12 Template:uxi 5.81% 86.261 4 Template:glossary --> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwiktionary:pcache:57224:|#|:idhash:canonical and timestamp 20250410213823 and revision id 83926019. 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