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dae
dae
Limburgish
Etymology
Related to they.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dæː˨]
Pronoun
dae
- (personal) he.
Inflection
| Impolite | Polite | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| nominative | dae, d'r, t'r, 'r | dee | die | hae | die | die |
| genitive | daer | dier | dier | dem zien | dier | dier |
| locative | daes | dies | dies | dems | dies | dies |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| dative | 'm | die | die | dem | die | die |
| accusative¹ | 'n | die | dien | den | dien | dien |
- Accusative is nowadays obsolete, use dative instead.
Scots
Verb
dae (third-person singular present dis, present participle daein, past did, past participle din)
- to do
- Fit ye deein? (Doric)
- Whit ye daein? (Central Scots)
- What ee daein? (South Scots)
Derived terms
- tae dae guid (“to do good; to do well, thrive”)
Verb
dae (third-person singular present dis, past did)
- (South Scots), (Doric) indicates an affirmation of something (example is in South Scots)
- A div sei what ee'r on aboot!
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- A div sei what ee'r on aboot!
Usage notes
The second form of this verb also occurs in the North East of England. The first form of the verb is A dae in the first person singular whereas the second is A div.
Synonyms
- dee (Geordie)