English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Contractions.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (after voiceless consonants except /s/, /ʃ/, /t͡ʃ/) enPR: s, IPA(key): /s/
- (after a sibilant or affricate)
- (elsewhere) enPR: z, IPA(key): /z/
- Homophone: -s
Verb[edit]
’s (clitic)
- Contraction of is.
- The dog’s running after me!
- Contraction of has.
- The dog’s been chasing the mail carrier again.
- (informal) Contraction of does (used only with the auxiliary meaning of does and only after interrogative words).
- What’s he do for a living?
- What’s it say?
- Where’s the n in Javanese come from?
- (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) are (used mainly after where, here, and there).
- Where’s the table tennis balls?
See also[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
’s (clitic)
- Contraction of us (found in the formula let’s which is used to form first-person plural imperatives).
- What are you guys waiting for? Let’s go!
Conjunction[edit]
‘s
- (Britain, dialect) Contraction of as (when it is (nonstandardly) used as a relative conjunction, or like a relative pronoun, meaning “that”).
- All’s he wanted was to go home.
Adverb[edit]
‘s (not comparable)
- (Britain, dialect) Contraction of as.
- 1922, E. F. Benson, Negotium Perambulans
- He takes his bottle of whisky a day and gets drunk’s a lord in the evening.
- 1922, E. F. Benson, Negotium Perambulans
Catalan[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
’s
- Contraction of se.
Declension[edit]
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
| strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | ||||
| 1st person | jo, mi3 | em, m’ | -me, ’m | em, m’ | -me, ’m | meu | ||
| 1st person majestic1 | nós | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
| 2nd person | tu | et, t’ | -te, ’t | et, t’ | -te, ’t | teu | ||
| 2nd person formal1 | vós | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||
| 2nd person very formal2 | vostè | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | ||
| 3rd person masculine | ell | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | ||
| 3rd person feminine | ella | la, l’4 | -la | li | -li | seu | ||
| 3rd person neuter | ho | -ho | li | -li | seu | |||
| 3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu | ||
| plural | ||||||||
| 1st person | nosaltres | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
| 2nd person | vosaltres | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||
| 2nd person formal2 | vostès | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
| 3rd person masculine | ells | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
| 3rd person feminine | elles | les | -les | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
| 3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu | ||
| adverbial | ||||||||
| ablative/genitive | en, n’ | -ne, ’n | ||||||
| locative | hi | -hi | ||||||
| 1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person. |
3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. |
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Cimbrian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Article[edit]
‘s
- (Sette Comuni) the; definite article for two declensions:
- nominative singular neuter
- accusative singular neuter
Alternative forms[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
‘s
- (Sette Comuni) Alternative form of es (“it”)
References[edit]
- “’s” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
A clitic form of des, the genitive of the masculine and neuter singular articles de and het.
Prefix[edit]
’s
- Used in ’s ochtends, ’s morgens, ’s middags, ’s avonds, ’s nachts, ’s zomers, and ’s winters.
- Used in place names as a shorthand for genitive des such as ’s-Gravenhage and ’s-Hertogenbosch indicating possession or origin.
- Used to construct a noun phrase which indicates a genitive (quality, possession or origin)
- ’s werelds beste reisbestemming — the world’s best travel destination
- ’s werelds mooiste zeereis — the world’s most beautiful sea voyage
Usage notes[edit]
’s is never capitalised, even before a proper noun or at the start of sentences. Instead, the following word is capitalised, as in ‘s Morgens regent het. (It rains in the morning.)
Etymology 2[edit]
Adverb[edit]
‘s
- Clipping of eens.
Article[edit]
’s
- (chiefly colloquial or poetic) Contraction of das.
Pronoun[edit]
’s
- (chiefly colloquial or poetic) Contraction of es.
See also[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
’s
- Contraction of is (“and”).
Particle[edit]
’s
- Contraction of is (“is”).
Noun[edit]
’s
- Contraction of a fhios (“knowledge of it”): only used in tá’s ag and similar constructions
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Verb[edit]
’s
- Shortened form of is.
Derived terms[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
’s
- Shortened form of is.
- Shortened form of agus.
