英単語

whoの意味・使い方・発音

who

英 [huː; hʊ] 美 [hu]
  • 誰が、何を

語源


who 誰?

古英語のhwa、who、which、whatから。PIE*kwoは、who、which、where、how、quantity、qualityと同じ語源を持つインド?ヨーロッパ語の疑問代名詞の語源。

英語の語源


who
who: [OE] Who goes right back to Indo-European *qwos, *qwes (source also of Russian kto ‘who’), whose neuter form *qwod gave English what. Its prehistoric Germanic descendant was *khwaz, *khwez, which has evolved into German wer, Dutch wie, Danish hvo, and English who. Whom comes from the Old English dative form hw?m.
who (pron.)
Old English hwa "who," sometimes "what; anyone, someone; each; whosoever," from Proto-Germanic *hwas (cognates: Old Saxon hwe, Danish hvo, Swedish vem, Old Frisian hwa, Dutch wie, Old High German hwer, German wer, Gothic hvo (fem.) "who"), from PIE *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns (cognates: Sanskrit kah "who, which;" Avestan ko, Hittite kuish "who;" Latin quis/quid "in what respect, to what extent; how, why," qua "where, which way," qui/quae/quod "who, which;" Lithuanian kas "who;" Old Church Slavonic kuto, Russian kto "who;" Old Irish ce, Welsh pwy "who").

例文


1. I noticed a misuse of the word " who "in your letter.
あなたの手紙に who という言葉が間違って使われていることに気づきました。


2.The happiest are not those who own all the best things,but those who can appreciate the beauty of life.
最も幸せな人々は必ずしも何も最高ではありません。ただ、彼らは生活の素晴らしさを楽しむことができます。dd>
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3.The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.
あなたがどんな人で、あなたがどんな人になりたいのかというギャップは、あなたが何をしたのかということです。


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4.Remember,happiness doesn 't depend upon who you are or what you have;it depends solely upon what you think.--Dale Carnegie
幸せはあなたが誰なのか、あるいはあなたが何を持っているのかではなく、あなたの気持ちにかかっていることを覚えておいてください!

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5.Nora was deflowered by a man who worked in a soda-water factory.
サイダー工場で働いていた男がノラの童貞を奪った。

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