te
Translingual
English
Etymology 1
Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti; the vowel was then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.
Noun
te (plural tes)
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tə/
Audio (file)
Aiwoo
References
- Ross, M., & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Akan
Pronunciation
- Tone: L[1]
References
- Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
- Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i), Basel, page 476
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *te-k(u), from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“it”). Governs the nominative determinative, due to its relatively recent use as a preposition and its origin as a shortened form of Albanian *te-k(u).
Preposition
te (+nominative)
Synonyms
Aragonese
Usage notes
- Takes the form t' before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.
See also
nominative | disjunctive | dative | accusative | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first person | singular | yo | me, m'2 | ||||
plural | masculine | nusatros1.1 | nos1.6 | ||||
feminine | nusatras1.1 | ||||||
second person | singular | familiar | tú | te, t'2 | |||
formal | vusté,1.2 vos | ||||||
plural | familiar | masculine | vusatros1.3 | vos, tos3 | |||
feminine | vusatras1.3 | ||||||
formal | vustés,1.2 vos | ||||||
third person | singular | masculine | él1.4 | le1.7 | lo,1.8 l'2 | ||
feminine | ella1.5 | la | |||||
plural | masculine | els, ellos1.4 | les1.7 | los1.9 | |||
feminine | ellas1.5 | las | |||||
reflexive | — | se, s'2 |
- The forms shown in the table are the most widespread ones. Some varieties use different forms:
- nusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and nusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
- usté(s) (Benasquese), ustet(z) (Ansotano), vustet(z) (Tensino, Somontanos)
- vusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and vusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
- ell(s) (Benasquese) and er(s) (Belsetán).
- era(s) (Belsetán).
- mos (Ribagorçan). Before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en the contracted form mo' is used.
- li(s) (Cheso, Tensino).
- el (Ribagorçan). The contracted form l' is used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds and 'l after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
- es, els (Ribagorçan). These forms are contracted to 's and 'ls after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
- The contracted forms are used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.
- In Ribagorçan the contracted form to' is used before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en.
References
- “te”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
Asturian
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te/, [t̪e̞]
Declension
indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | te | tea | teak |
ergative | tek | teak | teek |
dative | teri | teari | teei |
genitive | teren | tearen | teen |
comitative | terekin | tearekin | teekin |
causative | terengatik | tearengatik | teengatik |
benefactive | terentzat | tearentzat | teentzat |
instrumental | tez | teaz | teez |
inessive | tetan | tean | teetan |
locative | tetako | teko | teetako |
allative | tetara | tera | teetara |
terminative | tetaraino | teraino | teetaraino |
directive | tetarantz | terantz | teetarantz |
destinative | tetarako | terako | teetarako |
ablative | tetatik | tetik | teetatik |
partitive | terik | — | — |
prolative | tetzat | — | — |
Blagar
References
- A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
- The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
- Stokhof (1975)
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognate to Welsh ti.
Catalan
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Usage notes
- -te is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩, or between some adverbs/pronouns and a verb. In some varieties of Catalan (Balearic/Valencian) it can also occur in sentence-initial position.
- Puc ajudar-te? ― Can I help you?
- Mou-te! ― Move!
Declension
Noun
te m (plural tes)
- a tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
- tea; the product made from the leaves of the tea plant
- tea; a light afternoon meal at which tea is commonly served
Further reading
- “te” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “te”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “te” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Classical Nahuatl
Coatepec Nahuatl
Cornish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Brythonic *ti, from Proto-Celtic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.
Alternative forms
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛ]
- Rhymes: -ɛ
See also
Dalmatian
Related terms
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteːˀ/, [ˈtˢe̝ːˀ], [ˈtsʰe̝ˀ]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê, “tea”), compare English tea, German Tee, French thé.
Alternative forms
- the (unofficial since 1872, but still common)
Noun
te c (singular definite teen, plural indefinite teer)
- tea (plant) (Camellia sinensis)
- tea (the dried leaves from the tea plant, also parts from other plants)
- (uncountable) tea (a beverage made from tea leaves, also similar beverages made from other plants)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Faroese: te
References
Etymology 2
From Old Norse tjá, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną (“to show”), cognate with Icelandic tjá, Faroese tíggja, Swedish te, German zeihen (“to accuse”). The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”), which is also the source of Latin dīcō (“to say”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show”).
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
Deg Xinag
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰe/
References
- S. Hargus, Vowel quality and duration in Deg Xinag
Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch te, ti, from Proto-Germanic *ta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tə/
audio (file)
Adverb
te
- too (indicating excess)
- Te veel is nooit goed! ― Too much is never good!
- Te gek! ― Far out! (literally, “Too crazy!”)
Preposition
te
Usage notes
This preposition used to govern the dative case. It also fused with the dative forms of the definite article:
Combinations with the nominative form of the article, like *te het or *te de have never become part of the language. The collapse of the inflection system and the related demise of the distinction between masculine and feminine gender (for most speakers) has pushed this preposition into partial disuse. It does however occur in a fair number of idiomatic expressions, often with fossilized case endings, e.g.:
- te elfder ure. ― at the eleventh hour
- te eigen bate ― for one's own profit
(Elfder, ure and bate are dative forms of elfde, uur and baat respectively.)
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tek.
Declension
Declension of te | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
2nd person | singular | plural | ||
long | short | long | short | |
nominative | sina | sa | teie | te |
genitive | sinu | su | teie | te |
partitive | sind | teid | ||
illative | sinusse | susse | teisse | |
inessive | sinus | sus | teis | |
elative | sinust | sust | teist | |
allative | sinule | sulle | teile | |
adessive | sinul | sul | teil | |
ablative | sinult | sult | teilt | |
translative | sinuks | – | teieks | teiks |
terminative | sinuni | – | teieni | – |
essive | sinuna | – | teiena | – |
abessive | sinuta | – | teieta | – |
comitative | sinuga | suga | teiega | – |
Fala
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese te, from Latin tē.
Usage notes
- Takes the form -ti when suffixed to an impersonal verb form.
See also
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first person | singular | ei | me, -mi | mi | ||
plural | common | nos | musL nusLV nos, -nusM |
nos | ||
masculine | noshotrusM | noshotrusM | ||||
feminine | noshotrasM | noshotrasM | ||||
second person | singular | tú | te, -ti | ti | ||
plural | common | vos | vusLV vos, -vusM |
vos | ||
masculine | voshotrusM | voshotrusM | ||||
feminine | voshotrasM | voshotrasM | ||||
third person | singular | masculine | el | le, -li | uLV, oM | el |
feminine | ela | a | ela | |||
plural | masculine | elis | usLV, osM | elis | ||
feminine | elas | as | elas | |||
reflexive | — | se, -si | sí |
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰeː/
- Rhymes: -eː
- Homophone: teg
Declension
Declension of te | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
n4 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | te | teið | te | teini |
accusative | te | teið | te | teini |
dative | te, tei | tenum | teum | teunum |
genitive | tes | tesins | tea | teanna |
See also
Etymology 2
Originally from Hokkien 茶 (tê), from Middle Chinese, from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).
Declension
Declension of te (singular only) | ||
---|---|---|
n4s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | te | teið |
accusative | te | teið |
dative | te, tei | tenum |
genitive | tes | tesins |
Derived terms
- grønt te
- hvítt te
- reytt te
- svart te
- teblað
- tebræv
- tekanna
- tekoppur
- temuður
Anagrams
Finnish
Alternative forms
- Te (when used politely)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tek, from Proto-Uralic *te. The word is inflected as plural, but there is no plural marker in the nominative, except in dialects (tet).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈte/, [ˈt̪e̞]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification(key): te
Pronoun
te
- (personal) you (second-person plural; when addressing many persons or when addressing politely or formally one person)
Usage notes
- Depending on the context, the pronoun can sometimes be omitted in written language if the text remains fluent – the pronoun is in spoken language practically always used (compare the usage of sinä (“you sg”)).
- When addressing one person politely or formally, it is recommended to capitalize the pronoun in writing: Te.
- When addressing only one person (even politely), the active past participle must be in the singular in the compound forms that use it (e.g. negative, perfect, pluperfect forms):
- Te ette ollut täällä silloin. (negative past indicative) ― You were not here at that time.
- Te olette ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect indicative) ― You have been here at that time.
- Te ette ole ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect indicative) ― You have not been here at that time.
- Te olisitte ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect conditional) ― You would have been here at that time.
- Te ette olisi ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect conditional) ― You would have not been here at that time.
- Te lienette ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative present perfect potential) ― You have probably been here at that time.
- Te ette liene ollut täällä silloin. (negative present perfect potential) ― You haven't probably been here at that time.
- Te olitte ollut täällä silloin. (affirmative past perfect indicative) ― You had been here at that time.
- Te ette ollut ollut täällä silloin. (negative past perfect indicative; note the duplicate ollut) ― You had not been here at that time.
Declension
- Irregular (inflectional stem tei-, as if in the plural). The comitative and instructive forms don't exist; the abessive is hardly used.
- In addition to the standard set of cases, te and other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form, teidät.
- See this appendix for information on the dialectal variants of te.
Declension of te
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Kven: tet
See also
Further reading
- “te”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French te, from Old French te, from Latin tē, (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tə/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ə
Pronoun
te
Related terms
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Disjunctive (tonic) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | — | je, j’ | me, m’ | moi | |
Second | — | tu | te, t’ | toi | ||
Third | Masculine | il | le, l’ | lui | lui | |
Feminine | elle | la, l’ | elle | |||
Gender neutral5 | iel | lea | ellui | |||
Indeterminate | on1 | — | — | — | ||
Reflexive | — | se, s’4 | soi4 | |||
Plural | First | — | nous | nous | nous | |
Second | — | vous2 | vous2,3 | vous2 | ||
Third | Masculine | ils3 | les | leur | eux | |
Feminine | elles | elles | ||||
Gender neutral5 | iels | elleux |
- 1 Also used as the first person plural.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
- 3 Also used when a group has both men and women.
- 4 Also used as third person plural reflexive.
- 5 Colloquial, and not in popular use.
Further reading
- “te”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Related terms
Hungarian
Etymology
From the same Proto-Uralic root *tinä as e.g. Finnish sinä, Erzya тон (ton),[1] Eastern Mari тый (tyj) and Komi-Zyrian тэ (te).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -tɛ
Declension
Derived terms
Note: In all these forms, te is optional and only serves for emphasis.
Further reading
- ([informal, singular] you): te in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ([dialectal] stressing the plural addressee): te in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Etymology
From Hokkien 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰɛː/
- Rhymes: -ɛː
Declension
Derived terms
- grænt te
- tebolli
- tehetta
- teketill
- tepottur
- tesía
- teskeið
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te/, /tɛ/
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛ/, [ˈt̪ɛ]
Synonyms
- ti (Standard Malay)
See also
Further reading
- “te” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Adjective
te (genitive singular masculine te, genitive singular feminine te, plural teo, comparative teo or teocha)
- hot, warm
- pungent
- ardent, hot-tempered; vehement, hotfoot
- affectionate
- comfortable (of circumstances)
Declension
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | te | the | teo; theo² | |
Vocative | the | teo | ||
Genitive | te | teo | te | |
Dative | te; the¹ |
the | teo; theo² | |
Comparative | níos teo | |||
Superlative | is teo |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
- Alternative comparative form: teocha (Cois Fharraige)
Related terms
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
te | the | dte |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “te”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “té, te”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Italian
Pronunciation
- (clitic) IPA(key): /te/
- Hyphenation: te
- (disjunctive) IPA(key): /ˈte/*
- Rhymes: -e
- Hyphenation: té
See also
See Template:Italian personal pronouns for further pronouns.
Further reading
- te in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Kholosi
Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records kute as an equivalent of English throw in the “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛ/
See also
References
- Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 60–61. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /teː/, [t̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /te/, [t̪ɛː]
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Coordinate terms
References
- te in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- te in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- te in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian te. The interjection is identical to Ancient Greek τῆ (tê, “here!, take this!”), which Beekes derives from Proto-Indo-European *teh₁, the instrumental neuter singular form of *tód.[1] Compare Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 (biþē, “while”), 𐌳𐌿𐌸𐌴 (duþē, “therefore”), Tocharian A ca-, Tocharian B ce (“demonstrative pronoun”) < *tē,[2] and possibly Old Armenian թէ (tʻē, “that”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tʲɛ/
Particle
te
Interjection
tè
Synonyms
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Albert J. van Windekens (1979) Le tokharien confronté avec les autres langues indoeuropéennes. Vol. I. La phonétique et le vocabulaire. Louvain, page 249
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛː/
Manchu
Mandarin
Romanization
te
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Maori
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Compare Hawaiian ka (“the”). Resemblance to English the is incidental, but might have been reinforced by it.
Article
te sg (plural ngā)
Determiner
te sg (plural ngā)
- Referring to a whole class of things or people designated by the noun that follows.
- Kī tonu te wharenui i te tamariki.
- The meeting house was full of children.
- Mr, mister, sir (capitalised)
- Kei Te Wharehuia, tēnei te mihi atu mō tō āwhina mai.
- Wharehuia sir, thank you most sincerely for your help.
- Used in front of another verb following a stative.
- Kua oti i a au tāku pukapuka te tuhi.
- I have finished writing my book.
- Used in front of another verb following taea.
- Ka taea e ia tēnei waiata te whakamāori.
- She will be able to interpret this song.
- Used before the names for the days of the week.
- Ā te Rātapu mātou haere ai ki Poihākena.
- We go to Sydney on Saturday.
- Sometimes used before numbers with a following noun.
- I tāwāhi a Pita mō te rima tau.
- Peter was overseas for five years.
- Used before ordinal numbers including those using tua-.
- I piki a Tāne-nui-a-rangi ki te tuangahuru mā rua o ngā rangi.
- Tāne-nui-a-rangi climbed to the twelfth realm.
See also
- he (for "a/an" and "some")
References
- “te” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic *ta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tə/
Preposition
te
Alternative forms
- toe (eastern)
Alternative forms
- toe (eastern)
Descendants
- Dutch: te
Further reading
- “te (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “te (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “te (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “te (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle English
Middle French
Alternative forms
- t' (before a vowel)
Etymology
From Old French te.
Pronoun
te
- you, second-person singular object pronoun
- to you, second-person singular indirect object pronoun
Synonyms
Descendants
- French: te
Mohawk
Neapolitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te/
- Rhymes: -e
Coordinate terms
Number | Person | Nominative | Accusative | Dative | Reflexive | Possessive | Prepositional |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | first-person | io (i') | me | mìo, mìa, mieje, meje | me, méne | ||
second-person, familiar | tu | te | tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje | te, téne | |||
second-person, formal | vuje | ve | vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste | vuje | |||
third-person, masculine | ìsso | 'o, 'u (lo, lu) | 'i, 'e (li, le) | se | sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje | ìsso | |
third-person, feminine | éssa | 'a (la) | 'e (le) | éssa | |||
plural | first-person | nuje | ce | nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste | nuje | ||
second-person, plural | vuje | ve | vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste | vuje | |||
third-person, masculine | ìsse | 'i, 'e (li, le) | llòro | se | llòro (invariable) | llòro | |
third-person, feminine | llòro | 'e (le) |
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teː/
- Rhymes: -eː
Verb
te (imperative te, present tense ter, passive tes, simple past tedde, past participle tedd, present participle teende)
- (reflexive) to behave
References
- “te” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teː/
- Rhymes: -eː
Verb
te (present tense ter, past tense tedde, past participle tedd or tett, passive infinitive teast, present participle teande, imperative te)
- (reflexive) to behave
References
- “te” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ta (“to”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te/
Preposition
te
- to
- Heom te cwæþ (He said to him)
- Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 21.
- Ālēfed te habbanne (Allowed to have)
- Swt. 445, 30: 50.
Related terms
Old French
Pali
Alternative forms
Phuthi
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Inflection
Relative concord, tone H | ||
---|---|---|
Modifier | Copulative | |
1st singular | legite | gite |
2nd singular | lote | ute |
1st plural | lesite | site |
2nd plural | lelite | lite |
Class 1 | lote | ute |
Class 2 | labate | bate |
Class 3 | lote | ute |
Class 4 | lete | ite |
Class 5 | lelite | lite |
Class 6 | late | ate |
Class 7 | lesite | site |
Class 8 | letite | tite |
Class 9 | lete | ite |
Class 10 | letite | tite |
Class 14 | lobute | bute |
Class 15 | lokute | kute |
Class 17 | lokute | kute |
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛ
- Syllabification: te
- Homophone: tę
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese te, from Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨ/
- Hyphenation: te
Pronoun
te
- (object pronoun) you
- Matar-te-ei; Eu te matarei;
- I will kill you.
- particle of spontaneity, when it indicates that there was spontaneity in the action by its agent.
- Vais-te muito cedo.
- You leave too soon.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:te.
See also
Portuguese personal pronouns (edit) | |||||||||||||
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Number | Person | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct object) |
Dative (indirect object) |
Prepositional | Prepositional with com |
Non-declining | ||||||
m | f | m | f | m and f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |||
Singular | First | eu | me | mim | comigo | ||||||||
Second | tu | te | ti | contigo | você | ||||||||
o senhor | a senhora | ||||||||||||
Third | ele | ela | o (lo, no) |
a (la, na) |
lhe | ele | ela | com ele | com ela | o mesmo | a mesma | ||
se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) |
a gente | |||||||
Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco, com vós | vocês | ||||||||
os senhores | as senhoras | ||||||||||||
Third | eles | elas | os (los, nos) |
as (las, nas) |
lhes | eles | elas | com eles | com elas | os mesmos | as mesmas | ||
se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
Indefinite | se | si | consigo |
Romani
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -e
Pronoun
te (unstressed accusative and reflexive form of tu)
Derived terms
Romansch
Serbo-Croatian
Pronoun
te (Cyrillic spelling те)
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *ta. Compare Ukrainian та (ta).
Conjunction
te (Cyrillic spelling те)
- and (following a cause; lit. and thereby, and thus)
- Poskliznuo sam se te pao.
- I slipped and fell.
- and, and then (before the last thing in order of mention or occurrence)
- U posljednjih godinu dana bio sam u Beogradu, Zagrebu, Sarajevu te Podgorici.
- In the past year, I have been to Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo and Podgorica.
- Obukao sam se, izašao iz kuće, zaključao vrata te otišao na posao.
- I got dressed up, got out of the house, locked the door and then went to work.
- (Croatia) now (chiefly used in stock phrases)
- Problemi gdje god pogledaš! Te tu, te tamo!
- Problems, wherever you look! Now here, now there!
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te/ [t̪e]
Audio: (file) Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: te
- Homophone: té
Etymology 2
From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronoun
te
See also
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
voseo | vos | vos | |||||
formal3 | usted | le, se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
formal/general3 | ustedes | les, se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le, se4 | lo | él | |
feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
neuter | ello7 | lo | ello | ||||
plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
reflexive | — | se | sí1 |
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Further reading
- “te”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te/
Conjunction
te
- when
- 1984, “Nioni”, in Telefôn' mi koe mi koenoe, performed by The Exmo Stars and Boogie:
- Te yu no man fu tyari akata / yu no mu trobi matuku
- If you aren't able to carry a headpad / you shouldn't bother with a basket
Sumerian
Swedish
Declension
Declension of te | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | te | teet | teer | teerna |
Genitive | tes | teets | teers | teernas |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Finnish: tee
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish tēa, from Old Norse tjá, from Proto-Germanic *tīhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-. Cognate of Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan), German zeihen, Dutch tijgen.
Verb
te (present ter, preterite tedde, supine tett, imperative te)
- to appear
- Och gräshopporna tedde sig såsom hästar, rustade till strid.
- And the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses prepared unto battle (Revelations 9:7)
Conjugation
Etymology 3
Eye dialect spelling of till, for some dialects.
Usage notes
Rarely in written form unless imitating speech.
References
Anagrams
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈte/ [ˈtɛ]
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: te
- Homophone: Te
Noun
te (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒ) (historical)
- the name of the Latin-script letter T/t, in the Abecedario
Further reading
- “te”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tahitian
Article
te (plural sometimes te mau)
References
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “te” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Tokelauan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *te. Cognates include Hawaiian ke and Samoan le.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [te]
- Hyphenation: te
See also
Turkish
See also
Noun
te
- Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ت
Turkmen
Tuvaluan
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tee.
Inflection
Inflection of te (inflection type 13/ma) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative sing. | te | ||
genitive sing. | ten | ||
partitive sing. | ted | ||
partitive plur. | teid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | te | ted | |
accusative | ten | ted | |
genitive | ten | teiden | |
partitive | ted | teid | |
essive-instructive | ten | tein | |
translative | teks | teikš | |
inessive | tes | teiš | |
elative | tespäi | teišpäi | |
illative | tehe | teihe | |
adessive | tel | teil | |
ablative | telpäi | teilpäi | |
allative | tele | teile | |
abessive | teta | teita | |
comitative | tenke | teidenke | |
prolative | tedme | teidme | |
approximative I | tenno | teidenno | |
approximative II | tennoks | teidennoks | |
egressive | tennopäi | teidennopäi | |
terminative I | tehesai | teihesai | |
terminative II | telesai | teilesai | |
terminative III | tessai | — | |
additive I | tehepäi | teihepäi | |
additive II | telepäi | teilepäi |
Derived terms
- ajandte
- päavtote
- pämante
- päte
- raudte
- ristte
- šossete
- tedote
- telikundankodvii
- telämoi
- tenkatkaidai
- tenpäluz
- tesar'
- tever'
- ujundte
- ülituzte
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English tea, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê), probably via French thé or English tea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teː/
- Rhymes: -eː
Noun
te m (uncountable)
- (uncountable) tea (drink made with infusion of Camellia sinensis or other leaves)
- tea (main evening meal)
- Synonym: swper
Derived terms
- amser te (“teatime”)
- bag te (“teabag”)
- bisgeden de (“tea biscuit”)
- blwch te (“tea caddy”)
- cist de (“tea chest”)
- clwb te (“tea club”)
- cwpan te (“teacup”)
- cwpanaid o de (“cup of tea”)
- dail te (“tea leaves”)
- dawns amser te (“tea dance”)
- dŵr te (“water for brewing tea”)
- dysgl de (“teacup”)
- dysglaid o de (“cup of tea”)
- fflasg de (“tea flask”)
- gardd de (“tea garden”)
- hambwrdd te (“tea tray”)
- helygen dail te (“tea-leaved willow (Salix phylicifolia”)
- hidlwr te (“tea strainer”)
- llestri te (“tea set, tea things”)
- llwy de (“teaspoon”)
- llwyn te (“broom tea-tree (Leptospermum scoparium)”)
- llwyn-te gwlanog (“wooly tea-tee (Leptospermum lanigerum)”)
- paned o de (“cup of tea”)
- pelen de (“teaball”)
- planhigfa de (“tea plantation”)
- rhosyn te (“tea rose”)
- seremoni de (“tea ceremony”)
- soser de (“saucer”)
- tabi te (“tea tabby (Aglossa dimidiata)”)
- te bach (“light refreshment, afternoon tea”)
- te bwtsiar (“tea made in the cup”)
- te camomeil (“camomile tea”)
- te cig eidion (“beef tea”)
- te colsyn (“cinder tea”)
- te dail (“leaf tea”)
- te deg (“tea taken at 10:00 am”)
- te du (“black tea”)
- te gwyn (“white tea”)
- te gwyrdd (“green tea”)
- te Labrador (“Labrador tea (Ledum palustre(”)
- te Mecsico (“Mexican tea (Chenopodium ambrosioides)”)
- te melyn (“yellow tea”)
- te mintys (“mint tea”)
- te padi (“tea made in the cup”)
- te perlysiau (“herbal tea”)
- te perlysieuol (“herbal tea”)
- te pinsh (“tea made in the cup”)
- te slecyn (“cinder tea”)
- te swigod (“bubble tea”)
- te tramp (“tea made in the cup; stewed tea”)
- te ŵlong (“oolong tea”)
- troli te (“tea trolley”)
- tun te (“tea tin”)
- tŷ te (“teahouse”)
- wrn te (“tea urn”)
- ystafell de (“tearoom”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
te | de | nhe | the |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “te”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *tæwᶜ (“frost”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te˧/
References
- Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 283.