tatu

«tatu» in Mova's school dictionary: the Ukrainian word for Dad when you call him or speak to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (Ukrainian: тату, vocative "Tatu!"); also other languages

meaning for a pupil

1) (Ukrainian) "Tatu" is the Ukrainian word for Dad when you call him or speak to him directly: "Tatu!" means "Dad!". The ordinary form is "tato" (тато) — dad. It sounds like "TAH-too" to an English ear. It is not an English word. tree →

2) (Swahili) "Tatu" means the number three. tree →

3) (Portuguese) "Tatu" means armadillo. tree →

4) t.A.T.u. was the name of a Russian pop duo. tree →

sense in the lessons

In lessons on Ukrainian heard on the street and at home, a child calls "Tatu!" to their father, just as an English child calls "Dad!"; "Mamo!" is "Mum!". Ukrainian changes the ending of a name or noun when you call someone (the vocative case), something English does not do. In Swahili counting: moja, mbili, tatu (one, two, three).

examples

• (Ukrainian) "Tatu, look at my drawing!" Olenka shouted. tree →
• (Ukrainian) "Tatu" means "Dad!" when you call him. tree →
• (Ukrainian) When talking about him, Ukrainian children say "tato" — dad. tree →
• (Ukrainian) "Dobranich, tatu!" means "Good night, Dad!" tree →
• (Swahili) Moja, mbili, tatu — one, two, three. tree →
• (Portuguese) In Brazil, "tatu" is an armadillo. tree →
• Ukrainian has a special calling form, so "tato" becomes "tatu". tree →

note

Not an English word. In Ukrainian it is the calling (vocative) form of "tato" (dad), written тату in Cyrillic letters; stress on the first syllable, "TAH-too". Do not confuse with "tattoo" (a picture on the skin), which sounds a bit like it.

In the corpora

• TAtu! is the calling form of TAto: what you shout to call Dad.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tatu» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.