të

See also: Appendix:Variations of "te"

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tə]

Etymology 1

Article

të

1. adjectival article for:
   1. 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)

   2. 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)

   3. indefinite plural adjectives in all cases

      — yje të stërmëdhenj

      — huge stars (masculine plural nominative)

   4. definite plural adjectives in the genitive, dative and ablative cases

See also

Forms of the adjectival articles

	masculine		feminine		plural
	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.

• yjet e mëdhenj të largët ― the large, distant stars

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

Proclitic form of the accusative-dative second person singular personal pronoun.

Alternative forms

• te [te] (Gheg)
• te [tɛ] (Tosk)
• ti [ti] (Arvanite)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə/

Pronoun

të

1. (to) you

Related terms

• teje
• ty

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun

të

1. you

Declension

Declension of të

	singular
nominative	të
genitive	cebie/ce
dative	tobie/ce/cë
accusative	cebie/ce/cã
instrumental	tobą
locative	cebie/tobie
vocative	–

Further reading

• “të”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “ty”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi