telja
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.
Verb edit
telja (third person singular past indicative taldi, third person plural past indicative talt, supine talt)
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of telja (group v-18) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | telja | |
| supine | talt | |
| participle (a7)1 | teljandi | taldur |
| present | past | |
| first singular | telji | taldi |
| second singular | telur | taldi |
| third singular | telur | taldi |
| plural | telja | taldu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | tel! | |
| plural | teljið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
Synonyms edit
See also edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
telja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative taldi, supine talið)
- (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to count
- Hún kann að telja upp að tíu á japönsku.
- She can count to ten in Japanese.
- (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to believe, think
Conjugation edit
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telja — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að telja | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
talið | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
teljandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég tel | við teljum | present (nútíð) |
ég telji | við teljum |
| þú telur | þið teljið | þú teljir | þið teljið | ||
| hann, hún, það telur | þeir, þær, þau telja | hann, hún, það telji | þeir, þær, þau telji | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég taldi | við töldum | past (þátíð) |
ég teldi | við teldum |
| þú taldir | þið tölduð | þú teldir | þið telduð | ||
| hann, hún, það taldi | þeir, þær, þau töldu | hann, hún, það teldi | þeir, þær, þau teldu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
tel (þú) | teljið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| teldu | teljiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að teljast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
talist | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
teljandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég telst | við teljumst | present (nútíð) |
ég teljist | við teljumst |
| þú telst | þið teljist | þú teljist | þið teljist | ||
| hann, hún, það telst | þeir, þær, þau teljast | hann, hún, það teljist | þeir, þær, þau teljist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég taldist | við töldumst | past (þátíð) |
ég teldist | við teldumst |
| þú taldist | þið töldust | þú teldist | þið teldust | ||
| hann, hún, það taldist | þeir, þær, þau töldust | hann, hún, það teldist | þeir, þær, þau teldust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
telst (þú) | telist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| telstu | telisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
talinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
talinn | talin | talið | taldir | taldar | talin | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
talinn | talda | talið | talda | taldar | talin | |
| dative (þágufall) |
töldum | talinni | töldu | töldum | töldum | töldum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
talins | talinnar | talins | talinna | talinna | talinna | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
taldi | talda | talda | töldu | töldu | töldu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
talda | töldu | talda | töldu | töldu | töldu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
talda | töldu | talda | töldu | töldu | töldu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
talda | töldu | talda | töldu | töldu | töldu | |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.
Alternative forms edit
- telje (e infinitive)
Verb edit
telja (present tense tel, past tense talde, past participle talt, passive infinitive teljast, present participle teljande, imperative tel)
- to count
Etymology 2 edit
May be comparable with Icelandic tölva and Faroese telda.
Noun edit
telja
References edit
- “telja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count, tell”). Cognate with Old English tellan, Old Frisian tella, Old Saxon tellian, Old High German zellen.
Verb edit
telja (singular past indicative taldi, plural past indicative tǫldu, past participle taldr or taliðr)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of telja — active (weak class 1)
| infinitive | telja | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | teljandi | |
| past participle | taldr, taliðr | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | tel | talda |
| 2nd-person singular | telr | taldir |
| 3rd-person singular | telr | taldi |
| 1st-person plural | teljum | tǫldum |
| 2nd-person plural | telið | tǫlduð |
| 3rd-person plural | telja | tǫldu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | telja | telda |
| 2nd-person singular | telir | teldir |
| 3rd-person singular | teli | teldi |
| 1st-person plural | telim | teldim |
| 2nd-person plural | telið | teldið |
| 3rd-person plural | teli | teldi |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | tel | |
| 1st-person plural | teljum | |
| 2nd-person plural | telið | |
Conjugation of telja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
| infinitive | teljask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | teljandisk | |
| past participle | talzk, talizk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | teljumk | tǫldumk |
| 2nd-person singular | telsk | taldisk |
| 3rd-person singular | telsk | taldisk |
| 1st-person plural | teljumsk | tǫldumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | telizk | tǫlduzk |
| 3rd-person plural | teljask | tǫldusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | teljumk | teldumk |
| 2nd-person singular | telisk | teldisk |
| 3rd-person singular | telisk | teldisk |
| 1st-person plural | telimsk | teldimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | telizk | teldizk |
| 3rd-person plural | telisk | teldisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | telsk | |
| 1st-person plural | teljumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | telizk | |
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: telja
- Faroese: telja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: telja
- Old Swedish: tælia
- Swedish: tälja
- Danish: tælle
- Norwegian Bokmål: telle
References edit
- “telja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press