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те

See also: тэ, -те, т. е., т.е., and Appendix:Variations of "te"

Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From earlier тѣ. Formed under the influence of тѣхъ (těxŭ), тѣмъ (těmŭ), тѣми (těmi).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tɛ]
  • Audio(file)

Pronoun edit

те • (te) (personal)

  1. 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.
  2. 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

  • IPA(key): /te/
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: те

Pronoun edit

те • (te)

  1. (personal) you (plural and/or formal)
    те марла кутыреда?
    te marla kutyreda?
    do you speak Mari?

Related terms edit

pronouns

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~*tä, 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

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Pronoun edit

те • (ťe)

  1. this
    Мон важодян те столенть экшсэ.
    Mon važoďan ťe stoľenť ekšse.
    I work at this desk.
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 29:
      I tuź kuľa tede vese te mastorga
      News of this spread through all that region
      (literally, “all this region”)

Declension edit

Declension of те (ťe)
singular plural
nominative те (ťe) неть (ńeť), не (ńe), нетне (ńetńe)
genitive тень (ťeń) нетнень (ńetńeń), нень (ńeń)
dative тенень (ťeńeń) нетненень (ńetńeńeń), ненень (ńeńeń)
ablative теде (ťeďe) нетнеде (ńetńeďe), ненде (ńenďe)
inessive теньсэ (ťeńse), тень эйсэ (ťeń ejse) нетнесэ (ńetńese), неньсэ (ńeńse)
elative теньстэ (ťeńste), тень эйстэ (ťeń ejste) нетнестэ (ńetńeste), неньстэ (ńeńste)
illative теньс (ťeńs), тень эйс (ťeń ejs) нетнес (ńetńes), неньс (ńeńs)
prolative теньга (ťeńga), тень эзга (ťeń ezga) нетнева (ńetńeva), неньга (ńeńga)
translative текс (ťeks) нетнекс (ńetńeks), ненькс (ńeńks)
abessive тентеме (ťenťeme) нетневтеме (ńetńevťeme), нентеме (ńenťeme)
comparative теньшка (ťeńška) нетнешка (ńetńeška), неньшка (ńeńška)

References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “те”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1034 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

те • (te)

  1. at times... at other times...
  2. now... now... (indicates two alternating situations)

Pronoun edit

те • (te)

  1. Short direct object form of ти (ti).

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

те • (te) pl (demonstrative)

  1. inflection of тот (tot):
    1. nominative plural
    2. inanimate accusative plural

Pronoun edit

те • (te) pl (demonstrative)

  1. inflection of тот (tot):
    1. nominative plural
    2. inanimate accusative plural

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronoun edit

те (Latin spelling te)

  1. of you (clitic genitive singular of ти̑ (“you”))
  2. you (clitic accusative singular of ти̑ (“you”))
Declension edit
Declension of те
singular plural
nominative ти̑ ви̑
genitive те̏бе, те ва̑с, вас
dative те̏би, ти ва̏ма, вам
accusative те̏бе, те ва̑с, вас
vocative ти ви̑
locative те̏би ва̏ма
instrumental то̏бо̄м ва̏ма

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ta. Compare Ukrainian та (ta).

Conjunction edit

те (Latin spelling te)

  1. and

Udi edit

Etymology edit

From Aghwan 𐔸𐔴 (te).

Determiner edit

те • (te)

  1. no
    -Ви баба арене? -Те.
    -Have your dad arrived? -No

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]‎[2], Baku: Academy Press, page 204

Ukrainian edit

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

те • (te)

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of той (toj)
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