Betydelse av du | Babel Free

Definitioner

1. you (singular subjective case)
2. thou (if fitting for the context)
3. Used as a vocative (to get someone's attention, or for emphasis or the like); hey

Ekvivalenter

Exempel

“Nisse, du är en liten groda”

Nisse, you are a small frog

“Du är här, så jag ser dig”

You [subject] are here, so I see you [object]

“Det finns bara⟳ en av mig och det är jag. Det finns bara⟳ en av dig och det är du. Det finns bara⟳ två av oss, och det är vi.”

There is only one of me and that is I. There is only one of you [object] and that is you [subject]. There are only two of us, and that is us [we – subject]. [Swedish has some of the same subject/object fuzziness as English, but a standalone "Det är " idiomatically (through intuition rather than being taught) uses the subject form]

“TV Konstrijke Mästare, godt rådh giff, Skall man nu skona⟳ thenna skelmens lijff?”

THOU artful Master, good counsel give, Should one now spare this scoundrel's life?

“Vargen ylar i nattens skog. Han vill men kan inte sova⟳. Hungern river hans vargabuk, och det är kallt i hans stova. Du varg, du varg, kom inte hit. Ungen min får du aldrig.”

The wolf howls in the forest of the night. He wants to sleep but cannot. ["He wants to but cannot sleep" – "He wants to X" is "Han vill X"] [The] hunger tears his wolf belly, and it is cold in his stove [archaic, dialectal, in the dated English sense]. Hey wolf, hey wolf, do not come [to] here [hither]. My child you will never have.

“Du, jag vill att vi tror på varann.”

Hey, I want us to believe in each other.

“Du Nisse, har du matat katten?”

Hey Nisse, have you fed the cat?

“Du, skulle du kunna⟳ räcka mig skeden, är du snäll?”

Hey, could you hand me the spoon, please?

“Jo du, jag kom precis på en till grej vi måste göra”

Oh, by the way [roughly – literally, "yeah you," or "listen you" or the like – see jo], I just remembered another thing we need to do

“Du, du ska⟳ ge fan i min hamster”

Hey, [you shall] stay away from my hamster [with an aggressive and somewhat threatening tone]

“– Varför gör han det inte bara⟳? – Ja du, vem vet? / Ja du, det är en bra fråga.”

– Why doesn't he just do it? – Yeah, who knows? / Yeah, that's a good question. [with the du acknowledging the question, adding a confounded tone]

“Nej du, så lätt slipper du inte undan!”

Oh no, you're not getting away that easily! [Compare the change in tone between "No, you're not getting away that easily!" and "No, dragon, you're not getting away that easily!"]

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