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-'s Appendix:Variations of "s" English For the possessive -’s, see -'s. Alternative forms en ’s Etymology Contractions of various words ending in s. Pronunciation after voiceless consonants except /s/, /ʃ/, /t͡ʃ/ s, en /s/ en En-us-s_sound_after_consonant.ogg US after a sibilant or affricate ĭz UK, en /ɪz/ ĭz əz US, en /ɪz/ /əz/ əz AU, en /əz/ elsewhere z, en /z/ en -s en Verb en verb form clitic clitics ’s en is. en The dog’s running after me! en has. en The dog’s been chasing the mail carrier again. en proscribed dialectal Southern US en was. en It’s a beautiful day yesterday so I’s at the park. en informal en does used only with the auxiliary meaning of en does and only after interrogative words. en What’s he do for a living? en What’s it say? en What’s it mean? It means nothing. en How’s it work? en Where’s the n in Javanese come from? en What the hell's he mean? Usage notes Like en 've, in many dialects, en 's is only used to mark the perfect aspect ("He's finished his work" = "He has finished his work"), not to signify possession ("She has something"), necessity ("It has to end"), etc. In others, en 's is used more broadly; this is sometimes proscribed. Derived terms en so's Related terms en s'<t:it's; is> See also en 'd,’d 'll,’ll 'm,’m 're,’re 've,’ve -'s,-’s apostrophe contraction Contraction en contraction en it's en poetic or colloquial en it's. en s'<id:it's> III iv 112 2 By my troth’s not ſo good, and I vvarrant your coſin vvill ſay ſo. en 1933 August Henry Christopher Bailey The Lilies of St. Gabriel’s Mr. Fortune Wonders Garden City, N.Y. Published [F]or the Crime Club, Inc., by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 97 https://archive.org/details/mrfortunewonders00bail/page/97/mode/1up 1817443 You wouldn’t blame your own dear boy! Your only one! ’S too bad. en 1951 John Wyndham pseudonym; John Wyndham Harris The End Begins w:The Day of the Triffids Greenwich, Conn. Fawcett Crest 19 https://archive.org/details/dayoftriffids0000unse_f7u9/page/19/mode/1up 513912867 ’S that bloody comet. Thash what done it. Green shootin’ shtarsh—an’ now everyone’s blinden 's ’s as, adv. a bat. Pronoun en pronoun clitic clitics ’s en us found in the formula en let's which is used to form first-person plural imperatives. en What are you guys waiting for? Let’s go! I ii 277 2 Wee'le part the time betweenes then: and in thatIle no gaine-ſaying. Determiner en determiner ’s en poetic en his. en Duncan’s in’s grave Conjunction conj ’s en as, conj. en UK dialect en as when it is (nonstandardly) used as a relative conjunction, or like a relative pronoun, meaning "that". en All’s he wanted was to go home. Derived terms en all's so's Adverb - ’s en as, adv. en UK dialect en as. en 1921 Marion Ames Taggart Poppy's Pluck 137 I'd's lieves try my luck's I am. I'm smarter'n you'd think for. en 1922 E. F. Benson Negotium Perambulans He takes his bottle of whisky a day and gets drunk’s a lord in the evening. en 1951 John Wyndham pseudonym; John Wyndham Harris The End Begins w:The Day of the Triffids Greenwich, Conn. Fawcett Crest 19 https://archive.org/details/dayoftriffids0000unse_f7u9/page/19/mode/1up 513912867 en 's ’S it's that bloody comet. Thash what done it. Green shootin’ shtarsh—an’ now everyone’s blind’s a bat. Bavarian Etymology 1 Unstressed form of bar des. Pronoun bar pronoun personal pronouns it nominative and accusative this, that See also Article bar article n the See also Etymology 2 Unstressed form of bar se. Pronoun bar pronoun personal pronouns she bar Wenn&apos;s'n Fisch gern essad, kaffad&apos;s'n. If she likes to eat the fish, she would buy it. they, them bar Wenn&apos;s'n Fisch gern essadn, kaffadn&apos;s'n. If they like to eat the fish, they would buy it. See also Catalan Pronoun ca se Usage notes reduced ca Si us plau, calmi's. Please calm down. Declension Cimbrian Etymology 1 Article cim article form cim 7 the; definite article for two declensions: nominative singular neuter accusative singular neuter Alternative forms cim z Luserna See also Etymology 2 Pronoun cim pronoun personal pronouns cim 7 cim es it References Cornish Etymology 1 Determiner kw det en her Pronoun kw pron en her kw Hi a's kwelas. She saw her. Etymology 2 Determiner kw det en their Pronoun kw pron en them kw Hi a's kwelas. She saw them. Etymology 3 From kw 'gas Pronoun kw pron Reduced form of kw 'gas See also Dutch Etymology 1 A clitic form of nl des, the genitive of the masculine and neuter singular articles nl de and nl het. Pronunciation nl /s/ nl Nl-'s.ogg Article nl article form ’s nl des nl ’s Konings baard ruikt naar uiensoep. The king's beard smells like onion soup. nl ’s morgens in the morning nl ’s werelds beste reisbestemming the world’s best travel destination nl ’s werelds mooiste zeereis the world’s most beautiful sea voyage Usage notes As nl ’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"). Now hardly used, except in certain cases: In genitive absolute phrases: nl 's ochtends ’s ochtends, nl 's morgens ’s morgens, nl 's middags ’s middags, nl 's avonds ’s avonds, nl 's nachts ’s nachts, nl 's zomers ’s zomers, and nl 's winters ’s winters. In other set phrases, such as placenames: nl ’s Hertogenbosch, nl ’s Gravenhage, and nl ’s-Heerenberg. With locations or entities when forming superlative phrases: ’s werelds beste kok ("the world's finest cook"), ’s lands mooiste dorp ("the country's most beautiful village"). Etymology 2 Pronunciation nl /əs/ /ɪs/ /s/ Adverb nl eensnl eens once German Article de article ’s de chiefly colloquial or poetic de das de Ich nehm’s Auto und er nimmt’s Fahrrad. I’ll take the car and he’ll take the bike. Usage notes This contraction is frequent in southern areas. It is also heard in northern and central Germany, but less often and chiefly only when not creating complex consonant clusters. For example, the above form de nimmt’s would tend to be avoided in the north, even though the same is usual for de nimmt es (see below). After prepositions, where the contraction of the article is normal even in formal prose, it is written without an apostrophe: de ins, ans, aufs, etc. Apostrophized spellings of these are sometimes encountered, but are nonstandard. Pronoun de pronoun ’s de chiefly colloquial or poetic de es de chiefly colloquial or poetic de das Usage notes This contraction is frequent everywhere, though the tolerance of difficult clusters is yet a little greater in the south. For example, northern speakers usually avoid contraction after the verb ending de -st, whereas southerners readily say de hast’s, siehst’s, and the like. Verb de verb form ’s de colloquial de ist de is' is de c. 2017 User bemoty Songtext zu „Meine Brille“ www.genius.com https://genius.com/Mateo-meine-brille-lyrics transcription of the 2014 song “Meine Brille” by de Mateo Jasik 11 October 2025 W-Wenn ich chille, dann nur mit Sonnenbrille (oh, meine Brille!) / Ich setz’ sie auf, seh’ Hammer aus, sie’s meine zweite Haut I only ever chill in sunglasses (oh, my glasses!) / I put them on, look great in them, they're my second skin https://web.archive.org/web/20260204000047/https://genius.com/Mateo-meine-brille-lyrics 4 February 2026 See also de -'s Irish Conjunction ga conjunction ’s ga is and Particle ga particle ’s ga is is Noun ga noun ’s ga a<id:possessive determiner> fhios knowledge of it: ga tá's ag and similar constructions Latin Verb la verb form clitic clitics 's la OL. Plautinian Terentian la es<t:you are> la amicu's you are a/my friend Usage notes Used after terms ending in s, where the previous s is removed. Related terms la -st North Frisian Pronoun frr pronoun reduced third-person plural personal pronoun frr Föhr-Amrum frr Reduced form of jo they, them frr Mooring Sylt frr Reduced form of ja they”, in Mooring also “them frr Mooring Sylt frr Reduced form of jam them reduced third-person singular feminine pronoun frr Mooring Sylt frr Reduced form of jü she frr Mooring frr Reduced form of har her frr Sylt frr Reduced form of höör her Alternative forms she, her frr 't Föhr-Amrum See also Scottish Gaelic Etymology 1 Pronunciation gd /s̪/ after a back vowel sound gd /ʃ/ after a front vowel sound Verb gd is is Etymology 2 Pronunciation gd /s̪/ Conjunction gd conjunction gd is and References 478