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Ve
ve
ve
English
Pronoun
ve (third-person singular, epicene, nominative case, accusative ver, possessive adjective vis, possessive noun vers, reflexive verself)
- (neologism) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun.
See also
- other attested and proposed gender-neutral pronouns
Albanian
Etymology 1
From Old Tosk *vae, from Old Albanian voe (compare Gheg vo), from Latin ōvum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).
Noun
ve f
Etymology 2
Vowel shortened from dialectal vē (identical to plural), from dialectal vejë, from Proto-Albanian *widewā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (compare English widow, Latin vidua).
Noun
ve f
Catalan
Noun
ve f (plural ves)
Derived terms
- ve baixa
- ve doble
Usage notes
In some dialects of Catalan, the sounds associated with the letter b and the letter v are the same: [β]. In order to differentiate the names be and ve in those dialects, the letters are often called be alta (“high B”) and ve baixa (“low V”).
Verb
ve
- third-person singular present indicative form of venir
Czech
Pronunciation
Preposition
ve
Usage notes
- The more usual form is v, while ve is used before words starting with f, v, w and certain consonant clusters.
Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veː/
Noun
ve n (genitive singular ves, plural ve)
Declension
n3 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ve | veið | ve | veini |
Accusative | ve | veið | ve | veini |
Dative | vei | veinum | veum | veunum |
Genitive | ves | vesins | vea | veanna |
Synonyms
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a/fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i/fyrra i, í/fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø (Category: fo:Latin letter names)
Galician
Verb
ve
- inflection of ver:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve/, /vɛ/
Noun
ve (plural ve-i)
See also
- (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze (Category: io:Latin letter names)
Lojban
Cmavo
- exchanges the x1sumti with the x4sumti of the following word
- indicates that the object of a preposition fills sumti x4of the preposition's corresponding brivla
Related terms
Neapolitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve/
- Rhymes: -e
Pronoun
ve
- you (formal or plural, reflexive or dative or accusative)
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) |
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋéː/
- Tonal orthography: vẹ̑
Pronoun
vé
Declension
singular | |||
---|---|---|---|
1st person | 2nd person | reflexive | |
nominative | jàz | tí | — |
accusative | méne, me | tébe, te | sébe, se |
genitive | méne, me | tébe, te | sébe, se |
dative | méni, mi | tébi, ti | sébi, si |
locative | méni | tébi | sébi |
instrumental | menój, máno | tebój, tábo | sebój, sábo |
possessive | mój | tvój | svój |
dual | |||
1st person | 2nd person | reflexive | |
nominative | mídva m, médve/mídve f, n | vídva m, védve/vídve f, n | — |
accusative | náju | váju | sébe, se |
genitive | náju | váju | sébe, se |
dative | náma | váma | sébi, si |
locative | náju | váju | sébi |
instrumental | náma | váma | sebój, sábo |
possessive | nájin | vájin | svój |
plural | |||
1st person | 2nd person | reflexive | |
nominative | mí m, mé f, n | ví m, vé f, n | — |
accusative | nàs | vàs | sébe, se |
genitive | nàs | vàs | sébe, se |
dative | nàm | vàm | sébi, si |
locative | nàs | vàs | sébi |
instrumental | nàmi | vàmi | sebój, sábo |
possessive | nàš | vàš | svój |
See also
Spanish
Verb
ve
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of ver.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of ver.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ver.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ir.
- (Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of ir.
Usage notes
Noun
ve f (plural ves)
Synonyms
- uve
- ve corta
References
- ↑ “Spanish from Argentina: That Voseo Thing”, in (Please provide the title of the work), accessed 9 October 2015
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish ve, from Old Norse vei, væ, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Cognate with Danish ve, Icelandic vei, Old Saxon and Middle High German wê, German weh, Dutch wee, Old English wá, English woe, and also Latin vae. The interjection is original in Old Swedish. The noun might have appeared from that interjection or by loan from Middle Low German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veː/
- Homophone: V (the letter)
- Rhymes: -eː
Interjection
ve
- woe, pity you!
- ve dig!
- ack och ve!
Noun
ve n
Declension
Related terms
- veklaga
- veklagan
- vemod
- verop
References
- ve in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- ve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
- ve in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
Turkish
Etymology
Conjunction
ve
Noun
ve
See also
- (Latin script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze (Category: tr:Latin letter names)
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *sw(e)r
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vɛ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vɛ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vʲɛ˧˥]
- Homophone: de