See also: VEM and vêm

Galician edit

Verb edit

vem

  1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of ver
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of vir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latvian edit

Verb edit

vem

  1. inflection of vemt:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin venīt. Cognate with Galician vén and Spanish viene. Also compare with tem.

Pronunciation edit

 

Verb edit

vem

  1. inflection of vir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. (Brazil) Misspelling of vêm.

Swedish edit

Alternative forms edit

  • hvem (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hveim, dative of hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Pronoun edit

vem c (genitive vems, plural vilka, plural genitive vilkas)

  1. who, whom
    Vem är du?
    Who are you?
    Vem frågade du?
    Whom did you ask?

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.

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