në
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ne"
Albanian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Albanian *ana, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enō (“along a slanted surface, etc.”), from *h₂én (“on, upon, onto, up to”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “on, upwards, along”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana, “on, in, against, because of, about”), English on, and Old Prussian no, na (“on (where), against, about there”).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
në (+accusative)
Conjunction edit
në
- if
- në më do, mos më plas
- if you love me, don't exhaust me
Etymology 2 edit
Nominative-accusative from accusative Proto-Albanian *nōs, stressed form of clitic Proto-Indo-European *nos, which is continued by the clitic na. Neve and nesh are innovated, but Gheg retains dative nahe (Old Albanian nae) from a genitive *nosōm.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [ˈnə] - Tosk (Albania, Italy, Greece (Arbëreshë/Arvanite))
- IPA(key): [ˈna][2] - Gheg ((northern) Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro)
Pronoun edit
në (first-person plural pronoun)
References edit
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 85, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 85, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
Alemannic German edit
Verb edit
në
Conjugation edit
conjugation of në – Urner dialect
infinitive | në | ||||||
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past participle | gna, gno, gnu | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person ich, i |
2nd person du |
3rd person er/si/es |
1st person mir |
2nd person ir |
3rd person si | ||
indicative | present | niime | nimsch | nimt | nëmme | nëmmet | nëmme |
subjunctive | present | nëmm, nëmmi | nëmmesch | nëmm, nëmmi | nëmme | nëmmet | nëmme |
past | nëëmt, nëëmti | nëmmtesch | nëëmt, nëëmti | nëmmte | nëmmtet | nëmmte | |
imperative | affirmative | — | nimm | — | — | nëmmet | — |
References edit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 86.