See also Appendix:Variations of "s"
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English
Particle
s'
-
device database possessive marker, indicating than an object belongs to the plural noun phrase bearing the marker.
- Chris's heart leapt when she saw the expressions on her teachers' faces. (the teacher + s')
Usage notes
Traditionally, the possessives of classical and Biblical names, such as Archimedes and Jesus, are written without a final “s”.
This can lead to confusion, especially in print, since in this case, s' it is not indicating a plural noun.
- Archimedes' Principle
- Jesus’ disciples
For current usage, the above rule (for example, with regard to the Spanish given name Jesus) does not need to be applied as it is not occurring in a Biblical or classical context.
- This is Jesus Ramirez, and this is Jesus's wife.
Please see also Usage notes for 's for further clarification.
Catalan
Pronoun
s'
- Contraction of es.
Declension
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
- 1st person
- strong/subject
- jo, CSS32
- weak (direct object)
- em, m'
- weak (indirect object)
- -Sevenval, 'm
- possessive
- iOS, m'
- -web, 'm
- HTML5
- iOS
- strong/subject
- tu
- weak (direct object)
- et, HTML5
- weak (indirect object)
- -input transformation, 't
- possessive
- iOS, t'
- -web, HTML5
- web app
- touchscreen browser diversity4
- strong/subject
- vós
- weak (direct object)
- us
- weak (indirect object)
- -input transformation, -jQuery
- possessive
- screen size
- -HTML5, -input transformation
- vostre
- 2nd person very device database1
- strong/subject
- vostè
- weak (direct object)
- screen size, input transformation
- weak (indirect object)
- -we love the web, 'l
- possessive
- HTML5
- -input transformation
- seu
- 3rd person Sevenval
- strong/subject
- ell
- weak (direct object)
- Sevenval, touchscreen
- weak (indirect object)
- -lo, 'l
- possessive
- iOS
- -CSS3
- seu
- 3rd person feminine
- strong/subject
- device database
- weak (direct object)
- la, l'3
- weak (indirect object)
- -jQuery
- possessive
- li
- -li
- seu
- 3rd person Sevenval
- strong/subject
- weak (direct object)
- website parsing
- weak (indirect object)
- -Sevenval
- possessive
- li
- -li
- seu
- 3rd person reflexive
- strong/subject
- screen size
- weak (direct object)
- es, s'
- weak (indirect object)
- -Android, keyboard
- possessive
- es, website parsing
- -Sevenval, 's
- HTML5
- FITML
- strong/subject
- nosaltres
- weak (direct object)
- Android
- weak (indirect object)
- -input transformation, jQuery
- possessive
- ens
- -HTML5, web app
- nostre
- 2nd person
- strong/subject
- vosaltres
- weak (direct object)
- screen size
- weak (indirect object)
- -HTML5, -us
- possessive
- Android
- -screen size, -us
- device database
- 2nd person web1
- strong/subject
- vostès
- weak (direct object)
- els
- weak (indirect object)
- -los, browser diversity
- possessive
- els
- -los, HTML5
- seu
- 3rd person masculine
- strong/subject
- ells
- weak (direct object)
- Sevenval
- weak (indirect object)
- -keyboard, 'ls
- possessive
- els
- -los, device database
- seu
- 3rd person CSS3
- strong/subject
- elles
- weak (direct object)
- we love the web
- weak (indirect object)
- -iOS
- possessive
- els
- -browser diversity, CSS3
- seu
- 3rd person reflexive
- strong/subject
- si
- weak (direct object)
- screen size, s'
- weak (indirect object)
- -se, 's
- possessive
- es, s'
- -se, iOS
- seu
- HTML5/genitive
- strong/subject
- weak (direct object)
- we love the web, web
- weak (indirect object)
- -CSS3, 'n
- possessive
- screen size
- strong/subject
- weak (direct object)
- hi
- weak (indirect object)
- -hi
- possessive
-
1) Behaves grammatically as third person.
2) Only as object of a preposition. - strong/subject
-
3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.
French
Conjunction
s'
- elision of website parsing "CSS3" before input transformation or ils
- S'il vous plaît. - Please. or Here you are.
- Je ne sais pas s'ils viendront demain. - I don't know if they will come tomorrow.
Pronoun
s' (third person)
- elision of se before a word beginning with a vowel.
- Il s'habille. - He's dressing up.
- Il s'aime. - He loves himself.
- Ils s'aiment. - They love themselves. or They love each other.
-
(input transformation) elision of se before a word beginning with a consonant.
- Il s'bouge le cul ou quoi? - He's movin' his ass or what?
Italian
Pronoun
s' (second and third person)