të

See also: Appendix:Variations of "te"

Albanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tə]

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.

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

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ty.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɜ/
  • Syllabification: të

Pronoun

të

  1. Second person informal singular pronoun; you

Declension
Declension of të
singular
nominative të
genitive cebie, ce
dative tobie, cë, cebie
accusative cebie, ce, cã
instrumental tobą
locative tobie, ce, cebie

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

Slovincian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ty.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtə/
  • Syllabification: të

Pronoun

të

  1. Second person informal singular pronoun; you

Further reading
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