eiu

Corsican

Alternative forms

• eo, eu, ghjeu

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆. Compare Italian io and Sicilian ju,

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.ju/
• Hyphenation: e‧iu
• Rhymes: -ju

Pronoun

eiu

1. I
   • 1990, Ghjacumu Thiers, A funtana d'Altea, →ISBN, page 146:

     Simu tutti schiavi di u Tempu, ed eiu ùn ammaestru u meiu.

     We are all slaves of Time, and I am not the master of mine.

   • 2005, Christian Dubois, A Bìbbia corsa [The Corsican Bible], Actes 10:26:

     Ma Petru u fece arrizzà, dicendu: Arrìzzati; anch'èiu sò un omu.

     But Peter made him stand up, saying: Stand up; I am only a man myself.

Usage notes

• Since the Corsican verb already inflects by person, eiu is dropped in most cases, being used chiefly for emphasis:

  Vò à a scola. ― I'm going to school.

  Eiu vò à a scola. ― I'm going to school.

See also

Corsican personal pronouns

		Nominative	Dative	Accusative	Disjunctive
Singular	1st person	eiu	mi		mè
	2nd person	tù	ti		tè
	3rd person m	ellu	li	u, l'	ellu
	3rd person f	ella		a, l'	ella
Plural	1st person	noi	ci		noi
	2nd person	voi	vi		voi
	3rd person m	elli	li	i, l'	elli
	3rd person f	elle		e, l'	elle

References

• “eiu, eo, eu, ghjeu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa