eiu

See also: 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

number	person		nominative	disjunctive	dative	accusative
singular	1st		eiu	mè	mi
	2nd		tù	tè	ti
	3rd	m	ellu		li	u, l'
		f	ella			a, l'
plural	1st		noi		ci
	2nd		voi		vi
	3rd	m	elli		li	i, l'
		f	elle			e, l'

References

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