"te" meaning in Finnish

See te in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈte/, [ˈt̪e̞]
Rhymes: -e 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|fi|urj-fin-pro|*tek}} Proto-Finnic *tek, {{inh|fi|urj-pro|*te}} Proto-Uralic *te Head templates: {{head|fi|pronouns|cat2=personal pronouns}} te Inflection templates: {{fi-decl-pron|10p=teille|10s=sinulle|11p=teinä|11s=sinuna|12p=teiksi|12s=sinuksi|13p=teittä|13s=sinutta|1p=te|1s=sinä|2p=teidän|2s=sinun|3p=teitä|3s=sinua|4p=teidät|4s=sinut|5p=teissä|5s=sinussa|6p=teistä|6s=sinusta|7p=teihin|7s=sinuun|8p=teillä|8s=sinulla|9p=teiltä|9s=sinulta|adv=no}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], sinä [nominative, singular], te [nominative, plural], sinun [genitive, singular], teidän [genitive, plural], sinua [partitive, singular], teitä [partitive, plural], sinut [accusative, singular], teidät [accusative, plural], sinussa [inessive, singular], teissä [inessive, plural], sinusta [elative, singular], teistä [elative, plural], sinuun [illative, singular], teihin [illative, plural], sinulla [adessive, singular], teillä [adessive, plural], sinulta [ablative, singular], teiltä [ablative, plural], sinulle [allative, singular], teille [allative, plural], sinuna [essive, singular], teinä [essive, plural], sinuksi [singular, translative], teiksi [plural, translative], sinutta [abessive, singular], teittä [abessive, plural], - [instructive, singular], - [instructive, plural], - [comitative, singular], - [comitative, plural], Te [alternative]
  1. (personal) you (second-person plural; when addressing many persons or when addressing politely or formally one person) Tags: personal Synonyms: tet [dialectal], työ [dialectal] Derived forms: teidänlainen, teidänlaisenne, teikäläinen, teititellä [verb] Related terms: minä, sinä, Te, hän, me, he

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Kven",
      "lang_code": "fkv",
      "word": "tet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*tek"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *tek",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*te"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *te",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fi-decl-pron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teidän",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teitä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teidät",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinussa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teissä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinusta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teistä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinuun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teihin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinulla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teillä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinulta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teiltä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinulle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teinä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinuksi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teiksi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinutta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teittä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Te",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "pronouns",
        "cat2": "personal pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "te",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "10p": "teille",
        "10s": "sinulle",
        "11p": "teinä",
        "11s": "sinuna",
        "12p": "teiksi",
        "12s": "sinuksi",
        "13p": "teittä",
        "13s": "sinutta",
        "1p": "te",
        "1s": "sinä",
        "2p": "teidän",
        "2s": "sinun",
        "3p": "teitä",
        "3s": "sinua",
        "4p": "teidät",
        "4s": "sinut",
        "5p": "teissä",
        "5s": "sinussa",
        "6p": "teistä",
        "6s": "sinusta",
        "7p": "teihin",
        "7s": "sinuun",
        "8p": "teillä",
        "8s": "sinulla",
        "9p": "teiltä",
        "9s": "sinulta",
        "adv": "no"
      },
      "name": "fi-decl-pron"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish personal pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Finnish pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 93 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "teidänlainen"
        },
        {
          "word": "teidänlaisenne"
        },
        {
          "word": "teikäläinen"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "teititellä"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you (second-person plural; when addressing many persons or when addressing politely or formally one person)"
      ],
      "id": "en-te-fi-pron-moJ7e7kL",
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(personal) you (second-person plural; when addressing many persons or when addressing politely or formally one person)"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "minä"
        },
        {
          "word": "sinä"
        },
        {
          "word": "Te"
        },
        {
          "word": "hän"
        },
        {
          "word": "me"
        },
        {
          "word": "he"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "tet"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "työ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "personal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪e̞]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    }
  ],
  "word": "te"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "teidänlainen"
    },
    {
      "word": "teidänlaisenne"
    },
    {
      "word": "teikäläinen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "teititellä"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Kven",
      "lang_code": "fkv",
      "word": "tet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*tek"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *tek",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*te"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *te",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fi-decl-pron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teidän",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinua",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teitä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teidät",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinussa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teissä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinusta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teistä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinuun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teihin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinulla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teillä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinulta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teiltä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinulle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teinä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinuksi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teiksi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinutta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teittä",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Te",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "pronouns",
        "cat2": "personal pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "te",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "10p": "teille",
        "10s": "sinulle",
        "11p": "teinä",
        "11s": "sinuna",
        "12p": "teiksi",
        "12s": "sinuksi",
        "13p": "teittä",
        "13s": "sinutta",
        "1p": "te",
        "1s": "sinä",
        "2p": "teidän",
        "2s": "sinun",
        "3p": "teitä",
        "3s": "sinua",
        "4p": "teidät",
        "4s": "sinut",
        "5p": "teissä",
        "5s": "sinussa",
        "6p": "teistä",
        "6s": "sinusta",
        "7p": "teihin",
        "7s": "sinuun",
        "8p": "teillä",
        "8s": "sinulla",
        "9p": "teiltä",
        "9s": "sinulta",
        "adv": "no"
      },
      "name": "fi-decl-pron"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "minä"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinä"
    },
    {
      "word": "Te"
    },
    {
      "word": "hän"
    },
    {
      "word": "me"
    },
    {
      "word": "he"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Finnish 1-syllable words",
        "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Finnish lemmas",
        "Finnish personal pronouns",
        "Finnish pronouns",
        "Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic",
        "Finnish terms derived from Proto-Uralic",
        "Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic",
        "Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Uralic",
        "Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Finnish terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Pages with 93 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Finnish/e",
        "Rhymes:Finnish/e/1 syllable"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you (second-person plural; when addressing many persons or when addressing politely or formally one person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(personal) you (second-person plural; when addressing many persons or when addressing politely or formally one person)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "personal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪e̞]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "tet"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "työ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "te"
}

Download raw JSONL data for te meaning in Finnish (4.8kB)

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