те

From earlier тѣ. Formed under the influence of тѣхъ (těxŭ), тѣмъ (těmŭ), тѣми (těmi).

• IPA^(key): [tɛ]

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те • (te) (personal)

1. They; the third-person plural pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb.

   Те току-що пристигнаха.

   Te toku-što pristignaha.

   They have just arrived.

   Те са по-ниски от мен.

   Te sa po-niski ot men.

   They are shorter than me.

2. short form of the second-person singular pronoun in the accusative case, used as the direct object of a verb; you

   Обичам те.

   Običam te.

   I love you.

   Може ли да те попитам нещо?

   Može li da te popitam nešto?

   Can I ask you something?

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /te/
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: те

те • (te)

1. (personal) you (plural and/or formal)

   те марла кутыреда?

   te marla kutyreda?

   do you speak Mari?

Personal pronouns
	nominative	accusative	genitive	dative
1st sg	мый (myj)	мыйым (myjym)	мыйын (myjyn)	мыланем (mylańem) ~ мылам (mylam)
2nd sg	тый (tyj)	тыйым (tyjym)	тыйын (tyjyn)	тыланет (tylańet) ~ мылат (mylat)
3rd sg	тудо (tudo)	тудым (tudym)	тудын (tudyn)	тудлан (tudlan)
1st pl	ме (me)	мемнам (memnam)	мемнан (memnan)	мыланна (mylanna)
2nd pl	те (te)	тендам (tendam)	тендан (tendan)	тыланда (tylanda)
3rd pl	нуно (nuno)	нуным (nunym)	нунын (nunyn)	нунылан (nunylan)
*) There are two forms for personal pronouns in the first and second persons singular in the dative: мыланем (mylańem) ~ мылам (mylam) and тыланет (tylańet) ~ тылат (tylat). There is no overt difference in usage between the two forms. The nominative forms мый (myj) and mый (myj) also have long forms, мые and тые (tyje); these are typically encountered in poetic speech.

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “те”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

From Proto-Mordvinic *ťä, from Proto-Uralic *tä (“this”). Cognate with Moksha тя (ťa), Finnish tämä, Estonian tema, Skolt Sami tät, Udmurt та (ta), Hungarian teg- in tegnap, Tundra Nenets тей (ťej).

те • (ťe)

1. this

   Мон важодян те столенть экшсэ.

   Mon važoďan ťe stoľeńť ekšse.

   I work at this desk.

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 29:

     I tuź kuľa tede vese te mastorga.

     News of this spread through all that region.

     (literally, “[...] through all this region.”)

Declension of те (ťe)

	singular	plural
nominative	те (ťe)	неть (ńeť), не (ńe), нетне (ńeťńe)
genitive	тень (ťeń)	нетнень (ńeťńeń), нень (ńeń)
dative	тенень (ťeńeń)	нетненень (ńeťńeńeń), ненень (ńeńeń)
ablative	теде (ťeďe)	нетнеде (ńeťńeďe), ненде (ńeńďe)
inessive	теньсэ (ťeńse), тень эйсэ (ťeń ejse)	нетнесэ (ńeťńese), неньсэ (ńeńse)
elative	теньстэ (ťeńste), тень эйстэ (ťeń ejste)	нетнестэ (ńeťńeste), неньстэ (ńeńste)
illative	теньс (ťeńs), тень эйс (ťeń ejs)	нетнес (ńeťńes), неньс (ńeńs)
prolative	теньга (ťeńga), тень эзга (ťeń ezga)	нетнева (ńeťńeva), неньга (ńeńga)
translative	текс (ťeks)	нетнекс (ńeťńeks), ненькс (ńeńks)
abessive	тентеме (ťeńťeme)	нетневтеме (ńeťńevťeme), нентеме (ńeńťeme)
comparative	теньшка (ťeńška)	нетнешка (ńeťńeška), неньшка (ńeńška)

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “те”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1034 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.

• IPA^(key): [tɛ]

те • (te)

1. at times... at other times...
2. now... now... (indicates two alternating situations)

те • (te)

1. Short direct object form of ти (ti).

• IPA^(key): [tʲe]

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те • (te) pl (demonstrative)

1. inflection of тот (tot):
   1. nominative plural
   2. inanimate accusative plural

те • (te) pl (demonstrative)

1. inflection of тот (tot):
   1. nominative plural
   2. inanimate accusative plural

• IPA^(key): [tʲe]

те • (te)

1. (colloquial) Contraction of тебе́ (tebé).
   • 1985, Nautilus Pompilius [Nautilus Pompilius] (lyrics and music), “Алчи, Алчи”, in Невидимка:

     Ма́ма, ма́стер дя́дя Ко́ля
     Ждёт давно́ меня́ внизу́.
     Вот те но́жик, вот те спи́чки.
     Я на рабо́ту выхожу́.

     Máma, máster djádja Kólja
     Ždjot davnó menjá vnizú.
     Vot te nóžik, vot te spíčki.
     Ja na rabótu vyxožú.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

те (Latin spelling te)

1. of you (clitic genitive singular of ти̑ (“you”))
2. you (clitic accusative singular of ти̑ (“you”))

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ta. Compare Ukrainian та (ta).

те (Latin spelling te)

1. and

From Aghwan 𐔸𐔴 (te).

те • (te)

1. no

   -Ви баба арене? -Те.

   -Have your dad arrived? -No

• Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahé J.-P., editors (2009), The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), volume 1, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page II-55
• Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974) “те”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary]‎^[2], Baku: Academy Press, page 204

• IPA^(key): [tɛ]

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те • (te)

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of той (toj)