те
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
From earlier тѣ. Formed under the influence of тѣхъ (těxŭ), тѣмъ (těmŭ), тѣми (těmi).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
те • (te) (personal)
- They; the third-person plural pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb.
- Те току-що пристигнаха.
- Te toku-što pristignaha.
- They have just arrived.
- Те са по-ниски от мен.
- Te sa po-niski ot men.
- They are shorter than me.
- short form of the second-person singular pronoun in the accusative case, used as the direct object of a verb; you
- Обичам те.
- Običam te.
- I love you.
- Може ли да те попитам нещо?
- Može li da te popitam nešto?
- Can I ask you something?
Related terms edit
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) |
Eastern Mari edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
те • (te)
- (personal) you (plural and/or formal)
- те марла кутыреда?
- te marla kutyreda?
- do you speak Mari?
Related terms edit
pronouns
- тендан (tendan)
References edit
- J. Bradley et al. (2023), “те”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna
Erzya edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mordvinic *ťä, from Proto-Uralic *tä (“this”). Cognate with Moksha тя (ťa), Finnish tämä, Estonian tema, Skolt Sami tät, Udmurt та (ta), Hungarian teg- in tegnap, Tundra Nenets тей (ťej).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
те • (ťe)
- this
- мон важодян те столенть экшсэ ― mon važoďan ťe stoľenť ekšse ― I work at this desk
References edit
- B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “те”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
- Entry #1034 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Macedonian edit
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
те • (te)
Pronoun edit
те • (te)
- Short direct object form of ти (ti).
Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
те • (te) pl (demonstrative)
- inflection of тот (tot):
Pronoun edit
те • (te) pl (demonstrative)
- inflection of тот (tot):
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronoun edit
те (Latin spelling te)
Declension edit
Declension of те
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ta. Compare Ukrainian та (ta).
Conjunction edit
те (Latin spelling te)
Udi edit
Etymology edit
Determiner edit
те • (te)
- no
- -Ви баба арене? -Те.
- -Have your dad arrived? -No
- -Ви баба арене? -Те.
Further reading edit
- Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahé J.-P., editors (2009) The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), volume 1, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page II-55
- Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974), “те”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary], Baku: Academy Press, page 204
Ukrainian edit
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
те • (te)
- nominative/accusative neuter singular of той (toj)