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't

See also: Appendix:Variations of "t"

English

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Pronoun

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't

  1. (archaic or eye dialect) Contraction of it.
  2. (eye dialect) Contraction of that.
    • 2006 February 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, season 1, episode 2:
      What was all that about?
      Well, like all women, she's shoe-mad.
      't’s a bit sexist, isn't it?
      Do you know one woman who isn't obsessed with shoes?
      No, but I only know one woman. And she just left the room shouting "THE SHOES!"

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Afrikaans

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Verb

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't

  1. (uncommon) Contraction of het.

Pronoun

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't

  1. (uncommon) Contraction of dit.

Catalan

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Pronoun

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't

  1. Contraction of te.

Usage notes

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  • 't is the reduced (reduïda) form of the pronoun. It is used after verbs ending with a vowel.
    Fixa't. ― Take note.

Declension

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Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural.
2) Behaves grammatically as third person. 		3) Only as object of a preposition.
4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Dutch

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't

  1. Contraction of het (“the”).
    Dan houdt 't verhaal op ― Then the story ends.
    Waar in 't veld staat hij? ― Where on the pitch is he?
    Wat ga je in 't weekend doen? ― What are you up to this weekend?
    Also used in names: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (Nobel laureate in chemistry)

Pronoun

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't

  1. Contraction of het (“it”).
    't Is al laat ― It's late already.
    Kan je 't goed zien? ― Can you see it well?

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Common in spoken Dutch. Other than in names, "het" is usually written in full in written Dutch.

't is never capitalised, even before a proper noun or at the start of sentences. Instead, the following word is capitalised, as in 't Kan beter. (It could be better.)

Inflection

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Dutch personal pronouns
subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner, mijns
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer, onzes
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language.
2) Inflected as an adjective.
3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative).
4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). 		5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions.
6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.

Ilocano

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Alternate forms

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Etymology

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Contraction of ti.

Pronounciation

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't

  1. Contraction of ti.
    • 2017, Diocese of Baguio, “Misa a Sangkagimongan [The Order of Mass]”, in Aweng Rambak: Hymnal of the Diocese of Baguio (overall work in English, Tagalog, Ilocano, and Kankanaey), Baguio: Diocese of Baguio, page xlvi:
      Amami ng adda't sadi langit
      Our father in heaven

Limburgish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Contraction of het.

Article

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't n

  1. the, it

Pronoun

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't n

  1. Reduced form of het (“it”)
Declension
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Limburgish (Southeast) personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative reflexive
str. unstr. str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ich 'ch mich m'ch mir m'r like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular
(informal) 		doe de dich d'ch dir d'r like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular
(formal) 		duur 'r uch uch [əç] uch uch [əç] like dat. and acc.
3rd person singular m heë
deë 		e
de 		dem d'm hem
dem 		'm zich
f zie
het 		ze
't
n det 't
1st person plural vir v'r ós — ós — like dat. and acc.
2nd person plural duur 'r uch uch [əç] uch uch [əç] like dat. and acc.
3rd person plural zie
die 		ze hön — hönnen — zich

Etymology 2

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Contraction of het, itself derived from det.

Pronoun

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't f

  1. Reduced form of het (“she”)
Declension
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Limburgish (Southeast) personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative reflexive
str. unstr. str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ich 'ch mich m'ch mir m'r like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular
(informal) 		doe de dich d'ch dir d'r like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular
(formal) 		duur 'r uch uch [əç] uch uch [əç] like dat. and acc.
3rd person singular m heë
deë 		e
de 		dem d'm hem
dem 		'm zich
f zie
het 		ze
't
n det 't
1st person plural vir v'r ós — ós — like dat. and acc.
2nd person plural duur 'r uch uch [əç] uch uch [əç] like dat. and acc.
3rd person plural zie
die 		ze hön — hönnen — zich

Luxembourgish

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Pronoun

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't

  1. Alternative form of et

Usage notes

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  • Chiefly used before and after vowels, but never obligatory.

Declension

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Luxembourgish personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative reflexive
str. unstr. str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ech — mech — mir mer like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular
(informal) 		du de dech — dir der like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular
(formal) 		Dir Der Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech
3rd person singular m hien en hien en him em sech
f si se si se hir er sech
n hatt et ('t) hatt et ('t) him em sech
1st person plural mir mer eis (ons) — eis (ons) — eis (ons)
2nd person plural dir der iech iech [əɕ] iech iech [əɕ] iech
3rd person plural si se si se hinnen en sech

Tagalog

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Conjunction

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't (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔)

  1. Contraction of at

Usage notes

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  • Only used after a word ending in a vowel or ⟨n⟩, primarily used as a clitic

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Zealandic

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Determiner

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't

  1. neuter singular of de
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