të
See also: Appendix:Variations of "te"
Albanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Article edit
të
- adjectival article for:
- indefinite masculine and feminine singular adjectives in all cases but nominative
- — Kam nevojë për një libër shumë të mirë.
- — I need a really good book. (masculine singular accusative)
- — Më merr malli për përqafimit e një burri të vaditur.
- — I long for the embrace of a talented man (masculine singular genitive)
- — Ajo ishte me një vajzë të bukur.
- — She was with a pretty girl. (feminine singular accusative)
- — Kam nevojë për një libër shumë të mirë.
- definite masculine singular adjectives in the genitive, dative and ablative cases
- — Më pëlqen shija e mjaltit të ngrohtë.
- — I love the taste of warm honey. (masculine singular genitive)
- — Më pëlqen shija e mjaltit të ngrohtë.
- indefinite plural adjectives in all cases
- — yje të stërmëdhenj
- — huge stars (masculine plural nominative)
- — yje të stërmëdhenj
- definite plural adjectives in the genitive, dative and ablative cases
- indefinite masculine and feminine singular adjectives in all cases but nominative
See also edit
Forms of the adjectival articles
masculine | feminine | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | i | i | e | e | të | e |
accusative | të | e | të | e | të | e |
genitive, dative and ablative | të | të | të | së | të | të |
Note that regardless of the definite state of the noun being described, the definite articles are only used when immediately following a definite-form noun. If two adjectives (or other words that use these articles) come back to back, the second word's article will be indefinite.
Notice that while both adjectives require the adjectival article and the same masculine plural agreement, only the first adjectival article takes its definite form, as the second is not in the immediate environment of the modified definite noun.
Etymology 2 edit
Proclitic form of the accusative-dative second person singular personal pronoun.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
të
- (to) you
Related terms edit
Kashubian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ty.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
të
- Second person informal singular pronoun; you
Declension edit
Declension of të
Further reading edit
Slovincian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ty.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
të
- Second person informal singular pronoun; you
Further reading edit
- Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “tȧ̃”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch[2] (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 1204