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's

See also: -'s and Variations of "s"

's - English

Pronunciation

  • (after a sibilant or affricate)
    • (UK) enPR: ĭz, IPA: /ɪz/
    • (US) enPR: ĭz, əz, IPA: /ɪz/, /əz/
    • (General Australian) enPR: əz, IPA: /əz/
  • (elsewhere) enPR: z, IPA: /z/
  • Homophone: -s

Verb

’s (clitic)

  1. Contraction of is.
    • The dog’s running after me!
  2. Contraction of has.
    • The dog’s been chasing the mail carrier again.
  3. (proscribed, dialectal, Southern US) Contraction of was.
    • It’s a beautiful day yesterday so I’s at the park.
  4. (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?
  5. (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) are (used mainly after where, here, and there).

Pronoun

’s (clitic)

  1. 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!

Determiner

’s

  1. (poetic) Contraction of his.
    • Duncan’s in ’s grave

Conjunction

’s

  1. (UK, 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

’s (not comparable)

  1. (UK, dialect) Contraction of as.

's - Bavarian

Pronoun

's

  1. it (nominative and accusative)
  2. this, that

Article

's n

  1. the

Pronoun

's

  1. she
  2. they, them

's - Catalan

Pronoun

’s

  1. Contraction of se.

Usage notes

  • 's is the reduced (reduïda) form of the pronoun. It is used after verbs ending with a vowel.
    • Si us plau, calmi's. ― Please calm down.

Declension

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-.

's - Cimbrian

Article

's

  1. (Sette Comuni) the; definite article for two declensions:
    1. nominative singular neuter
    2. accusative singular neuter

Alternative forms

  • z (Luserna)

Pronoun

's

  1. (Sette Comuni) Alternative form of es (“it”)

's - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /s/

Prefix

’s

  1. Contraction of des. Used in ’s ochtends, ’s morgens, ’s middags, ’s avonds, ’s nachts, ’s zomers, and ’s winters.
  2. Used in place names as a shorthand for genitive des such as ’s-Gravenhage and ’s-Hertogenbosch indicating possession or origin.
  3. 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

As ’s is still conceptualized as a contraction of des, it 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.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əs/, /s/

Adverb

's

  1. Clipping of eens.

's - German

Article

’s

  1. (chiefly colloquial or poetic) Contraction of das.

Pronoun

’s

  1. (chiefly colloquial or poetic) Contraction of es.

's - Irish

Conjunction

’s

  1. Contraction of is (“and”).

Particle

’s

  1. Contraction of is (“is”).

Noun

’s

  1. Contraction of a fhios (“knowledge of it”): only used in tá’s ag and similar constructions

's - Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Verb

's

  1. Contraction of is (“is”).

Conjunction

's

  1. Contraction of is (“and”).
Meaning and Definition of 's
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