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# you; second person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
# you; second person singular personal pronoun, nominative case

Revision as of 22:36, 30 December 2019

Astapori Valyrian

Etymology

From Vehes ao (nominative); from Vehes (genitive/dative).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈo/

Pronoun

o (nominative/genitive second person singular, plural jim)

  1. you; second person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
  2. of you, your, to you; second person singular personal pronoun, genitive/dative case

Creation and Usage Notes

I specifically made the sound changes work the way they did to get this pronoun. How brash to refer to someone as o! I loved the idea. Reminded me of the first time I saw the soundtrack to Cirque du Soleil's O. I was like, "How DARE you! I LOVE it!" Of course this isn't even the boldest form this one takes. That honor goes to oo.

Trigedasleng

Etymology

From English or.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɔ/

Conjunction

o

  1. or