vem
Galician edit
Verb edit
vem
- (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of ver
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of vir:
Latvian edit
Verb edit
vem
- inflection of vemt:
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin venīt. Cognate with Galician vén and Spanish viene. Also compare with tem.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
- Homophones: vêm (Brazil), bem (Porto)
- Hyphenation: vem
Verb edit
vem
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- hvem (obsolete since 1906)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hveim, dative of hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.
Pronunciation edit
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Pronoun edit
vem c (genitive vems, plural vilka, plural genitive vilkas)
Usage notes edit
- In earlier Swedish, vem (spelt hvem) was the oblique case form of ho, corresponding to the difference between English who and whom. Unlike in English, where the oblique form gives way to the nominative, the reverse has happened in Swedish.