oua
Chuukese
Adjective
oua
- you (plural) are
Related terms
| Present and past tense | Negative tense | Future | Negative future | Distant future | Negative determinate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First person | ua | use | upwe | usap | upwap | ute |
| Second person | ka, ke | kose, kese | kopwe, kepwe | kosap, kesap | kopwap, kepwap | kote, kete | |
| Third person | a | ese | epwe | esap | epwap | ete | |
| Plural | First person | aua (exclusive) sia (inclusive) | ause (exclusive) sise (inclusive) | aupwe (exclusive) sipwe (inclusive) | ausap (exclusive) sisap (inclusive) | aupwap (exclusive) sipwap (inclusive) | aute (exclusive) site (inclusive) |
| Second person | oua | ouse | oupwe | ousap | oupwap | oute | |
| Third person | ra, re | rese | repwe | resap | repwap | rete |
Ligurian
Louisiana Creole
Etymology
From French voir (“to see”). Compare Saint Dominican Creole French voir, Haitian Creole wè.
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Romanian
Etymology
From ou + -a or from a Vulgar Latin *ōvāre, from Latin ōvum. Compare Aromanian oauã, Friulian ovâ, Portuguese and Spanish ovar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈwa/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: o‧ua
Verb
a oua (third-person singular present ouă, past participle ouat) 1st conj.
- (intransitive or reflexive, of poultry) to lay eggs
Conjugation
conjugation of oua (first conjugation, no infix, third-person only)
| infinitive | a oua | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | ouând | ||||||
| past participle | ouat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | — | — | ouă | — | — | ouă | |
| imperfect | — | — | oua | — | — | ouau | |
| simple perfect | — | — | ouă | — | — | ouară | |
| pluperfect | — | — | ouase | — | — | ouaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | — | — | să ouă | — | — | să ouă | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | — | — | |||||
| negative | — | — | |||||
Related terms
Further reading
- oua in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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