te
English
Alternative forms
- (North America) ti
Etymology
Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter.
Pronunciation
Noun
te (uncountable)
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *te-k(u), from Proto-Indo-European *to- 'it'. Governs the nominative determinative, due to its relatively recent use as a preposition and its origin as a shortened form of Albanian *te-k(u).
Preposition
te (+nominative)
- at
- Unë jam te pijetorja.
- I'm at the bar.
- Unë jam te pijetorja.
- to
- (with a human referent) at (someone's) place
- Jemi te unë.
- We're at my place.
- Jemi te unë.
Synonyms
Asturian
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
te f (plural tes)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Pronoun
te (enclitic, contracted 't, proclitic et, contracted proclitic t')
Declension
Etymology 3
Originally from Min Nan (POJ: tê, Chinese: 茶).
Pronunciation
Noun
te m (plural tes)
- The tea plant; (Camellia sinensis)
- tea; the product made from the leaves of the tea plant
- tea; a light afternoon meal at which tea is commonly served
Danish
Alternative forms
- the (unofficial since 1872, but still common)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /teː/, [tˢeːˀ]
Etymology 1
From Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê, “tea”).
Noun
te c (singular definite teen, plural indefinite teer)
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Old Norse tjá.
Verb
te (imperative te, infinitive at te, present tense ter, past tense teede, past participle har teet)
Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch te, ti, from Proto-Germanic *ta.
Pronunciation
Adverb
te
- indicating excess: too
- Te veel is nooit goed
- too much is never good
- te gek!
- far out!
- Te veel is nooit goed
Preposition
te
- (modifying an infinitive verb) to
- Er is iets te eten
- there is something to eat
- Er is iets te eten
- located at, in
- Te Amsterdam
- in Amsterdam.
- Te Amsterdam
Article
te
Usage notes
This preposition used to govern the dative case. It also fused with the dative forms of the definite article:
Combinations with the nominative form of the article, like *te het or *te de have never become part of the language. The collapse of the inflection system and the related demise of the distinction between masculine and feminine gender (for most speakers) has pushed this preposition into partial disuse. It does however occur in a fair number of idiomatic expressions, often with fossilized case endings, e.g.:
- te elfder ure. — at the eleventh hour.
- te eigen bate — for one's own profit.
(Elfder, ure and bate are dative forms of elfde, uur and baat resp.)
Faroese
Etymology
Originally from Min Nan 茶 (tê), from Middle Chinese, from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: [tʰeː]
Noun
te n (genitive singular tes, uncountable)
Declension
| n4s | Singular | |
| Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | te | teið |
| Accusative | te | teið |
| Dative | te(i) | tenum |
| Genitive | tes | tesins |
Derived terms
- grønt te
- hvítt te
- reytt te
- svart te
- teblað
- tebræv
- temuður
- tekanna
- tekoppur
Finnish
Pronunciation
Pronoun
te (stem tei-)
- (personal) you (second-person plural; when addressing many persons or when addressing politely or formally one person).
Declension
- Irregular. The comitative and instructive forms don't exist; the abessive is hardly used.
- In addition to the standard set of cases, te and other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form, teidät.
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Declension of te
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Usage notes
- Depending on the context, the pronoun can sometimes be omitted in written language if the text remains fluent – the pronoun is in spoken language practically always used (compare the usage of sinä, "you" (sg.)).
- When addressing politely or formally one person in a written form, it is recommendable to capitalize the pronoun Te.
- When addressing one person, the active past participle must be singular in negative past indicative, in present perfect of all moods both affirmative and negative and past perfect indicative — because there is one person addressed:
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- Te ette ollut täällä silloin. (negative past indicative)
- You were not here at that time.
- Te olette ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect indicative)
- You have been here at that time.
- Te ette ole ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect indicative)
- You have not been here at that time.
- Te olisitte ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect conditional)
- You would have been here at that time.
- Te ette olisi ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect conditional)
- You would have not been here at that time.
- Te lienette ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect potential)
- You have probably been here at that time.
- Te ette liene ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect potential)
- You haven't probably been here at that time.
- Te olitte ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative past perfect indicative)
- You had been here at that time.
- Te ette ollut ollut täällä silloin. (negative past perfect indicative; note ollut twice)
- You had not been here at that time.
- Te ette ollut täällä silloin. (negative past indicative)
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Latin tē, from tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /tə/
Pronoun
te
- (direct object) You.
- Il te cite souvent.
- He often quotes you.
- Il te cite souvent.
- (indirect object) You.
- Il te donne le livre.
- He gives you the book.
- Il te donne le livre.
Related terms
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Reflexive | Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Locative (at) |
Genitive (of) |
Disjunctive (tonic) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | — | je, j’ | me, m’ | — | — | moi | ||
| Second | — | tu, t’ | te, t’ | — | — | toi | |||
| Third | Masculine | il | se, s’ | le, l’ | lui | y | en | lui | |
| Feminine | elle | la, l’ | elle | ||||||
| — | on | — | — | — | — | soi | |||
| Plural | First | — | nous | nous | — | — | nous | ||
| Second | — | vous | vous | — | — | vous | |||
| Third | Masculine | ils | se, s’ | les | leur | y | en | eux | |
| Feminine | elles | elles | |||||||
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From Latin tē, dative singular form of tū.
Pronoun
te accusative (nominative ti, oblique ti, dative che)
- you (singular second-person personal pronoun)
- yourself (reflexive singular second-person personal pronoun)
See also
Haitian Creole
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Etymology
From the same Proto-Uralic root *te as Finnish sinä and Ter Sami tonn.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
te
- (personal) you (second-person singular, nominative, informal form)
Declension
See also
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
te n (genitive singular tes, uncountable)
Declension
Derived terms
- grænt te n
- tebolli m
- tehetta f
- teketill m
- tepottur m
- tesía f
- teskeið f
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish té (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be warm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: [tʲɛ]
Adjective
te
Declension
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| te | the | dte |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
tē (indeclinable)
- The name of the letter T.
Coordinate terms
- (Latin’s names for the letters of its own alphabet): ā (A), bē (B), cē (C), dē (D), ē (E), ef (F), gē (G), hā (H), ī (I), kā (K), el (L), em (M), en (N), ō (O), pē (P), kū (Q), er (R), es (S), tē (T), ū (V), ix / īx / ex (X), ȳ (Y), zēta (Z)
References
- Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."
Etymology 2
Pronoun
tē
Descendants
Lojban
Cmavo
- switches meanings of the third and first sumti (of the selbri which follows)
- indicates that the object of a "preposition" (i.e., a sumti tcita) fills sumti x3 of the preposition's corresponding brivla (i.e., the gismu of which the sumti tcita is a modal form)
Related terms
Mandarin
Romanization
te
- Nonstandard spelling of tè.
Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Maori
Article
te
- the (singular)
- 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:
- In 1979 a gathering of elders at the Waananga kaumatua affirmed te reo Maori “Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori” the language is the life principle of Maori mana.
- 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:
See also
Middle Dutch
Alternative forms
- (eastern) toe
Etymology
From Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic *ta.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /tə/
Preposition
te
- at, in (a place)
- to, towards
- at, during (a time)
- for (the purpose of)
- in accordance with
- with, from (a means, such as language)
- (with gerund) to, for
Adverb
te
- very, particularly
- too, to an excessive degree
Descendants
- Dutch: te
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch thee.
Noun
te m
Etymology 2
From Old Norse tjá.
Verb
te
Inflection
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch thee.
Noun
te m
Etymology 2
From Old Norse tjá.
Verb
te
Inflection
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ta (“to”).
Preposition
te
- to
- Heom te cwæþ (He said to him).
- Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 21.
- Áléfed te habbanne.
- Swt. 445, 30: 50.
- Heom te cwæþ (He said to him).
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese te, from Latin tē, from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
te
- (object pronoun) you
- Matar-te-ei; Te matarei; Matarei-te.
- I will kill you.
- Matar-te-ei; Te matarei; Matarei-te.
See also
| Portuguese personal pronouns (edit) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Person | Nominative (subject) |
Objective (direct object) |
Objective (indirect object) |
Reflexive | Prepositional | Prepositional with com |
Non-declining | |||||
| m | f | m | f | m and f | m and f | m | f | m | f | m | f | ||
| Singular | First | eu | me | mim | comigo | ||||||||
| Second | tu | te | ti | contigo | você | ||||||||
| o senhor | a senhora | ||||||||||||
| Third | ele | ela | o (lo, no) |
a (la, na) |
lhe | se | ele | ela | com ele | com ela | |||
| si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | ||||||||||||
| Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | conosco | a gente | |||||||
| Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco | vocês | ||||||||
| os senhores | as senhoras | ||||||||||||
| Third | eles | elas | os (los, nos) |
as (las, nas) |
lhes | se | eles | elas | com eles | com elas | |||
| si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | ||||||||||||
| Impersonal | se | si | consigo | ||||||||||
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin tē, accusative of tu.
Pronoun
te (unstressed accusative and reflexive form of tu)
- (direct object) you
- Știi cât de mult te iubește?'
- Do you know how much he loves you?
- Știi cât de mult te iubește?'
See also
Spanish
Etymology 1
Noun
te f (plural tes)
- Name of the letter t.
Etymology 2
From Latin te, accusative of tu.
Pronoun
te
- you (familiar objective case form)
- "La Cucaracha"
- Te voy a hacer tus calzones....
- I’m going to make your britches
See also
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First person: Second person: |
Third person: Demonstrative: |
Swedish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
te n
Declension
Verb
te
- to appear
- Och gräshopporna tedde sig såsom hästar, rustade till strid.
- And the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses prepared unto battle (Revelations 9:7)
- Och gräshopporna tedde sig såsom hästar, rustade till strid.
Conjugation
Related terms
Tahitian
Article
te (plural sometimes te mau)
- the (singular) (definite article)
- the (plural) (definite article)
- (conversationally) a, an (indefinite article)
References
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “te” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Turkish
Noun
te
- The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
See also
- (Latin script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze (Category: tr:Latin letter names)
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