quem
Latin edit
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quem
Adjective edit
quem
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quem
References edit
- “quem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English edit
Pronoun edit
quem
- (Northern) Alternative form of whom (“who, whom”, accusative)
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- kem (Internet slang)
- queim (eye dialect, Brazil)
- quẽ (obsolete, abbreviation)
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese quen, from Latin quem, accusative case of interrogative quis (“who?”) and relative quī (“who”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ẽj̃
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃j̃
- Hyphenation: quem
Pronoun edit
quem
- (interrogative) who; whom (which person?)
- Quem viu o novo filme?
- Who has seen the new film?
- (relative) who; whom (the person who)
- Não me lembro do nome de quem me ligou.
- I don’t remember the name of the person who called me.
- (indefinite) those who; people who; anyone who
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:quem.