нам
See also: ням and Appendix:Variations of "nam"
BulgarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *namъ.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
нам • (nam) (personal)
- (dated) full form of the first-person plural pronoun in the dative case, used as the indirect object of a verb; to us, for us, us
- Нам пратиха писмото.
- Nam pratiha pismoto.
- The letter was sent to us.
Usage notesEdit
- The full dative form is considered outdated and is usually substituted by the preposition на (na) and the accusative form:
- На нас пратиха писмото.
- Na nas pratiha pismoto.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Related termsEdit
Bulgarian personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Prepositional | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Short | Full | Short | |||||
| Singular | First | — | аз (az) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) |
ме (me) | ме́не (méne) | ми (mi) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) |
| Second | Informal | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) |
те (te) | те́бе (tébe) | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) | |
| Formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
| Third | Masculine | той (toj) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | |
| Feminine | тя (tja) | не́я (néja) | я (ja) | ней (nej) | ѝ (ì) | не́я (néja) | ||
| Neuter | то (to) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | ||
| Plural | First | — | ни́е (níe) ний (nij) |
нас (nas) | ни (ni) | нам (nam) | ни (ni) | нас (nas) |
| Second | Informal | ви́е (víe) вий (vij) |
вас (vas) | ви (vi) | вам (vam) | ви (vi) | вас (vas) | |
| Formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
| Third | — | те (te) | тях (tjah) | ги (gi) | тям (tjam) | им (im) | тях (tjah) | |
EvenEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Tungusic *laamu, cognate with Evenki ламу (lamu), Manchu ᠨᠠᠮᡠ (namu), Nanai намо (namo).
NounEdit
нам (nam)
MacedonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *namъ.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
нам • (nam)
Usage notesEdit
- This pronoun form is often incorrectly replaced with the direct/prepositional object form нас (nas).
MansiEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- [script needed] (näm) – Southern Mansi
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Uralic *nime. Cognates include Hungarian név, Finnish nimi and Estonian nimi.[1]
NounEdit
нам • (nam)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Entry #597 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- Mansi Dictionary of Munkácsy and Kálmán [1]
MongolianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
нам • (nam) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠᠮ (nam))
- a (political) party
- бүгд найрамдах нам ― bügd najramdax nam ― a republican party
AdjectiveEdit
RussianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *namъ.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
нам • (nam)
- dative of мы (my)
- Он дал нам только пару полтинников
- He only gave us a couple fifty-ruble notes
- 1987, Yegor Letov (lyrics and music), “Перемена погоды”:
- Нам [надо попасть] в тринадцатый вагон. Любера, оставайтесь вон,
укрепляйте свои ряды, защищайте Афганистан.- We need to get in the thirteenth railroad car. Stay away, lyubers,
keep strengthening your ranks, keep defending Afghanistan.
- We need to get in the thirteenth railroad car. Stay away, lyubers,
- 1928/1972, A.Platonov, Chevengur:
- Но ведь я не знаю ее лица! Как же нам быть, товарищ Чиклин, когда она придет?
- But I don't know her face! How shall we act, comrade Chiklin, when she comes?
- Он дал нам только пару полтинников
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronounEdit
нам (Latin spelling nam)
DeclensionEdit
TajikEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭬 (nam).
NounEdit
| Dari | نم |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | нам (nam) |
нам • (nam)
Derived termsEdit
UkrainianEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
нам • (nam)