Define:De

Relatit: də

Translingual

Etymology

Frae French

de

.

Symbol

De

(radio slang) frae (operator), this is (operator)

English

Alternative forms

dee (Northumbria)

Verb

De (third-person singular simple present diz, present participle dein, simple past did, past participle dyun)

(Northumbria) Tae dae.

References

The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4[2]
A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165

Anagrams

ed, Ed, ED, Ed., E.D.

Asturian

Etymology

Frae Laitin dē.

Preposition

De

o, frae

Usage notes

The preposeetion
de
contracts tae
d'
afore a wird beginnin wi a vowel or
h-
:
d'Asturies
,
d'hermanu
.

Derived terms

d'
del

Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

Template:Ca-noun

The Laitin letter D (lawercase d).

Etymology 2

Frae Laitin dē.

Pronunciation

/də/

Preposition

De (afore vowel or h d')

o, frae

Dalmatian

Etymology

Frae Laitin

dē

.

Preposition

De

o

Related terms

dei

Danish

Pronunciation

/di/

Pronoun

De (personal pronoun)

thay

Dutch

Etymology

An unstressed variety o Middle Dutch

die

. See

die

for mair information.

Pronunciation

/də/
Audio (help·info)

Article

De

the (definite airticle, masculine an feminine gender)
De man — “The man”

De vrouw — “The woman”

Het boek — “The beuk”

De boeken — “The beuks”

De oude man en de zee.
The Old Man and the Sea.

Usage notes

Placed afore masculine an feminine nouns an plural nouns o aw genders, indicatin a specific person or thing instead o a general case.

Derived terms

dezelfde
des, der, den, 's

Descendants

Afrikaans: die

Anagrams

e.d.

Esperanto

Etymology

Frae Laitin

de

, French

de

, Spainish

de

.

Preposition

De

frae
Mi ne aĉetas ion ajn de ĉi tiu vendejo!
I daena buy onything at aw frae this store!
posessed bi
La aŭto de Davido estas nigra.
David's caur is black.
duin, written or componed bi
Ĉu vi havas esperantan tradukon de Drakulo de Bram Stoker?
Dae ye hae an Esperanto translation o Dracula bi Bram Stoker?

La viro estis mordita de hundo.
The man wis bitten bi a dug.

Noun

De

The name o the Laitin-script letter D/d.

Fala

Etymology

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de

, frae Laitin dē (“of; from”).

Preposition

De

o
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
  Español falan millós de persoas.
  Millions of people speak Spanish.

Usage notes

Contractions:

de + o: do
de + os: dos
de + a: da
de + as: das

French

Etymology

Frae Laitin dē.

Pronunciation

audio (help·info)
/də/

Preposition

De

o (expresses belangin)
- 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
  Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo ....
  In a veelage o La Mancha, whose name I dae nae want tae remember, lived, nae lang ago, an hidalgo ....
Paris est la capitale de la France.
Paris is the caipital o Fraunce.

En 1905, les églises devinrent la propriété de l'État.
In 1905, kirks acame the property o the state.
's (uised tae express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat
Fermat’s Wirks

Elle est la femme de mon ami.
She's ma friend's wife.

le voisin de Gabriel
Gabriel's neighbor
frae (uised tae indicate origin)
Elle vient de (la) France.
She comes frae Fraunce.

Êtes-vous de (la) Suisse ?
Are ye frae Swisserland?

Ce fromage vient d'Espagne.
This cheese is frae Spain.

C'est de l'ouest de la France.
It's frae the wast o Fraunce.

Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux.
The train gangs frae Paris tae Bordeaux.
o (indicates an amoont)
5 kilos de pommes.
5 kilograms o aiples.

Un verre de vin
A glass o wine

Une portion de frites
A portion o fries
uised attributively, eften translatit intae Inglish as a compoond wird
Un jus de pomme
An aiple juice

Un verre de vin
A glass o wine

Une boîte de nuit
A nicht club

Un chien de garde
A guard dug

Une voiture de sport
A sports caur

Un stade de football
A fitbaa stadium
frae (uised tae indicate the stairt o a time or range)
De 9:00 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre.
Frae 9 tae 11 I won't be free.

Je travaille de huit heures à midi.

un groupe de cinq à huit personnes
a group o [frae] five tae aicht fowk
uised efter certain verbs afore an infinitive, eften translatin intae Inglis as a gerund or an infinitive
J'ai arrêté de fumer.
I stopped smokin.

Il continue de m'embêter.
He keeps annoyin me.

Elle m'a dit de venir.
She tauld me tae come.

Nous vous proposons de venir.
We suggest ye tae come.
bi
Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie.
Drinkin three glasses a day would reduce the risk o catchin an illness bi 20%.

Usage notes

Afore a wird beginnin wi a vowel soond,

de

elides tae

d’

. Afore the airticle

le

, it contracts wi the airticle intae

du

, as shawn in the example above. Afore the airticle

les

, it contracts wi the airticle intae

des

.

Le Songe d’une nuit d’été — “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Leeterally, “The Dream o ane nicht o summer”)

La queue du chien — “The dug’s tail”

Index des auteurs — “Index o the authors”

Article

De

(indefinite) some; ony (in quaistiens or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande.
I'd lik some meat.

Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ?
Is thare ony guid muisic?

Nous cherchons du lait.
We're leuking for some milk.
(negative) a, an, ony
Elle n'a pas de mère.
She haesna got a mither.

Il n'a pas de crayon.
He haesna got a pencil.

Je n'ai pas de temps.
I havena got ony time.

Usage notes

In the positive, de is uisually uised wi a definite airticle, as in the examples. In the negative, wioot an airticle.

Derived terms

(contractions): d’, du, des

Anagrams

ed, éd.

Galician

Etymology

Frae Laitin dē.

Pronunciation

Audio (help·info)

Preposition

De

o, frae

Usage notes

The preposeetion de contracts tae d- afore airticles, afore third-person tonic pronouns, an before the determiners

algún

an

outro

.

Derived terms

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Frae French

Numeral

De

twa

Hungarian

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛ/
Audio (help·info)

Adverb

De (nae comparable)

hou!, very much
De szép ez a ház! - Oh, hou beautiful that hoose is!

Synonyms

be (dated, poetical)
milyen

Conjunction

De

but
(oh) yes!, surely! (uised as a positive contradiction tae a negative statement)
Nem voltál itt! - De ott voltam. - Ye weren't here! - Yes I wis thare!

Derived terms

In expressions

a lélek kész, de a test erőtlen

Ido

Preposition

De

frae (nae tae be confused wi di)
o (comprisin, containin, or made frae)

Interlingua

Preposition

De

Irish

Pronunciation

[dʲɛ]
(Connemara an the Aran Islands) [ɡə]

Preposition

De (triggers lenition; uised anly afore consonant soonds)

frae
o

Inflection

Person	Normal	Emphatic
1st person sing.	díom	díomsa
2t person sing.	díot	díotsa
3d sing. masc.	de	desean
3d sing. fem.	di	dise
1st person pl.	dínn	dínne
2t person pl.	díbh	díbhse
3d person pl.	díobh	díobhsan

Derived terms

dá (“o his/her/thair”)
dár (“o oor”)
den (“o the”)

Related terms

d’ (uised afore a vowel soond)

Italian

Contraction

De

apocopic furm o del
Michael Radford è il regista de "Il postino". — "Michael Radford is the director of "Il Postino".

Usage notes

De

is uised whaur

del

,

della

, etc, would ordinarily be uised, but cannae be acause the airticle is pairt o the teetle o a film, beuk, etc.

Anagrams

ed

Japanese

Romanization

De

See で
See デ

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

Cognate tae Dutch

.

Article

De

the
- 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:
  De v'lôrene zön
  The prodigal (literally "lost") son

Ladin

Preposition

De

o, frae

Ladino

Preposition

De (Laitin spellin)

o, frae

Latin

Etymology 1

Frae Etruscan. Etruscan names o staps wur the stap follaed bi /eː/^[1].

Pronunciation

(Classical) /deː/

Noun

dē (indeclinable)

The name o the letter D.

Coordinate terms

(Laitin’s names for the letters o its ain alphabet): ā (A), bē (B), cē (C), dē (D), ē (E), ef (F), gē (G), hā (H), ī (I), kā (K), el (L), em (M), en (N), ō (O), pē (P), kū (Q), er (R), es (S), tē (T), ū (V), ix / īx / ex (X), ȳ (Y), zēta (Z)

References

↑ (2012) The Unicode Consortium, The Unicode Standard: Version 6.1 – Core Specification. ISBN 978-1-936213-02-3, page 468; citing: (1985) Geoffrey Sampson, Writing Systems: A Linguistic Introduction, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-1254-9.

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

Perhaps frae

ded

(compare Oscan

dat

), auld ablative o pronom. stem

; an the suffixes, auld case-forms, -dam, -dem, -dum, -do wi the locative -de.

Pronunciation

(Classical) /deː/
Audio (Classical) (help·info)

Preposition

dē (uised wi an ablative)

o, concernin, aboot
De rebus mathematicis.
Concernin mathematical things.
- 1772-1778 Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ by Finnur Jónsson, chapter one (Google books)
  De introductione religionis Christianæ in Islandiam.
  O the introduction o Christianity tae Iceland.
frae, away frae, doun frae, oot o (in general tae indicate the person or place frae which ony thing is taken, etc., wi verbs o takin away, deprivin, demandin, requestin, inquirin, buyin; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., an thair compoonds).
Emere de aliquo.
Tar buy frae someane.

Aliquid mercari de aliquo.
Tae buy something frae someane.

De aliquo quaerere, quid, etc., C
Tae search for someane. (?)

Saepe hoc audivi de patre.

De mausoleo exaudita vox est.

Ut sibi liceret discere id de me.

(so wi petere, o place) De vicino terra petita solo.

(so o persons (late Laitin)) Peto de te.

Animam de corpore mitto.

Aliquo quom jam sucus de corpore cessit.

Civitati persuasit, ut de finibus suis cum omnibus copiis exirent.

Decedere de provincia.

De vita decedere.

Exire de vita. (compare excedere e vita)

De' triclinio, de cubiculo exire.

Hamum de cubiculo ut e navicula jacere.

De castris procedere.

Brassica de capite et de oculis omnia (mala) deducet.

De digito anulum detraho.
Frae the finger I pull the ring.

De matris complexu aliquem avellere atque abstrahere.

Nomen suum de tabula sustulit.

Ferrum de manibus extorsimus.

Juris utilitas vel a peritis vel de libris depromi potest.

...decido de lecto praeceps.

De muro se deicere.

De sella exsilire.

Nec ex equo vel de muro etc., hostem destinare.

De caelo aliquid demittere.
tae depart, widraw frae
De altera parte agri Sequanos decedere juberet.

Usage notes

De
denotes the gangin oot, departur, removal, or separatin o an object frae ony fixed pynt (it occupies a middle place atween
which denotes a mere freemit departur, an
which signifies frae the interior o a thing. Hence verbs compoondit wi
de
are constructit nae anly wi
de
, but quite as frequently wi
ab
an
ex
; an, on the ither hand, those compoondit wi
ab
an
ex
eften hae the
terminus a quo
indicatit bi
de
).

Derived terms

Descendants

Aragonese: de
Asturian: de
Aromanian: di
Catalan: de
Corsican: di
Dalmatian: de
Esperanto: de
French: de
Friulian: di
Galician: de

Ido: de
Interlingua: de
Italian: di
Neapolitan: 'e
Occitan: de
Portuguese: de
Romanian: de
Romansch: da
Sicilian: di
Spanish: de

Lojban

Cmavo

De

(pro-sumti) someane/something that exists #2
ro da poi plini la solri ku'o de poi mluni zo'u da se mluni de
For every planet x orbitin aroond the Sun, there exists a muin y such that x is orbit bi y.

ro da poi plini la solri cu se mluni de poi mluni ^[1]
Every planet orbitin aroond the Sun haes an orbitin muin.

Usage notes

Multiple occurrences o

de

in logically connectit sentences refer tae the same thing.

Related terms

References

↑ John Woldemar Cowan, The Lojban Reference Grammar, §16.5: Dropping the prenex.

Low German

Etymology

Frae Old Saxon.

Pronunciation

/dɛɪ̯/

Article

De (genitive der, dative den, accusative de, definite airticle)

the

Usage notes

This is the anly plural airticle an lik Inglis 'the' is uised for nouns o every gender an class. Indefinite nouns in plural are uised wioot airticle, again as in Inglis.

Article

De f (genitive der, dative der, accusative de, definite airticle)

the
- De Fru gat hen. (The woman walks [lit. goes] thare.)

Article

De m (genitive des, dative dęme, accusative denne, definite airticle)

the
- De Mann gat hen. (The man walks [lit. goes] thare.)

Usage notes

Dative or accusative are sometimes cried 'object case'. However, maist (if nae aw) dialects hae nae biggit a proper Objective case.
Dem (frae Middle Law German 'deme') can be foond as 'den' as well due tae interchyngeability o m an n in Middle Law German.

Pronoun

De m (accusative den)

(relative) which, that
- De Mann, de dår güng. (The man, which walked thare.)
- De Mann, den wi hüert häbben. (The man, which we hired.)

Usage notes

The uise as a relative pronoun mihct nae be present in aw dialects.

Pronoun

De f (accusative de)

(relative) which, that
- De Fru, de wi hüert hębben. (The woman, which we hae hired.)

Usage notes

The uise as a relative pronoun micht nae be present in aw dialects.

Luxembourgish

Pronoun

De

unstressed form o du

Declension

Luxembourgish personal pronouns

	nominative		accusative		dative		reflexive
	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.	reflexive
1st person singular	ech	—	mech	—	mir	mer	mech
2nt person singular (informal)	du	de	dech	—	dir	der	dech
2nt person singular (formal)	Dir	—	Iech	—	Iech	—	Iech
3rd person singular (m)	hien	en	en	—	him	em	sech
3rd person singular (f)	si / hatt	se / et	si / hatt	se / et	hir / him	— / em	sech
3rd person singular (n)	et	't	et	't	him	em	sech
1st person plural	mir	mer	eis / ons	—	eis / ons	—	eis / ons
2nt person plural	dir	der	iech	—	iech	—	iech
3rd person plural	si	—	si	—	hinnen	–	sech

Mandarin

Romanization

De

See 的
See 地
See 得

Romanization

De

Nonstaundart spellin o dē.
Nonstaundart spellin o dé.

Usage notes

Template:Cmn-toneless-note

Mauritian Creole

**Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : De Ordinal : deziem Adverbial : ledoub

Etymology

Frae French

deux

.

Numeral

De

(cardinal) twa

Derived terms

de trwa

Middle French

Preposition

De

o
frae

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Audio (help·info)

Pronoun

De (accusative dem, genitive deres)

thay
those

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Frae Auld Norse

þér

,

ér

an

þit

,

it

.

Pronoun

De (accusative dykk, genitive dykkar)

ye (seicont-person plural)

Synonyms

dokker

Etymology 2

Frae French, Laitin.

Preposition

De

uised in set expressions (such as de jure); translates tae "frae" an "o"

References

“De” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited frae Laitin de.

Preposition

De

o
frae

Old French

Etymology

Laitin dē

Preposition

De

o
frae

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

d- (elidit furm when follaed bi a wird which begins wi a vowel)
D- (elidit furm when follaed bi a capitalised wird which begins wi a vowel)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

/de/

Preposition

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o
- 13t century, attributit tae Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 5 (facsimile):
  Eſta ·xviiii· é como ſṫa maria aiudou · á emperadriz de roma · a ſofrer as grãdes coitaſ per que paſſou.
  This 19t is hou Holy Mary helped the empress o Roum suffer the great pains she unnerwent.

Descendants

Fala: de
Galician: de
Portuguese: de

Old Provençal

Etymology

Laitin dē

Preposition

De

o
frae

Portuguese

Alternative forms

d'

Etymology

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, frae Laitin dē (“o”).

Pronunciation

(Portugal) /dɨ/
(Brazil) /d͡ʒɪ/
- (Sooth Brazil) /de/
- (Nordestino) /di/
Template:Homophones

Preposition

De

o
- Template:RQ:Harry Potter
  O protesto de Hermione foi abafado por uma risadinha alta.
  Hermione's objection wis interruptit bi a loud little laugh.
Os amigos dele. - His friends. (lit. The friends o his)

De que é feito? - What is this made of? (lit. O whit is made this?)
's, possession suffix
A casa de alguém - Someone's house.
frae
De onde você é? - Where are you from?
bi the means o, bi
Eu sempre vou trabalhar de ônibus. - I always gang tae wirk bi bus.
as, "dressed as"
Na festa, ele estava de bruxo - At the pairty, he wis dressed as a wizard.

Homens de Preto - Men in Black
-long, indicatin time duration
Um filme de duas horas. - A twa oor-long movie.
A compound word connector, eften nae translatit intae Inglis
Fone de ouvido - Heidphone (lit. Phone "o" ear)

Acampamento de verão - Simmer camp

Usage notes

Uised in the follaein contractions:

da (de+
a
)
dacolá (de+
acolá
)
dalgures (de+
algures
)
dali (de+
ali
)
dalém (de+
além
)
dantes (de+
antes
)
daquela (de+
aquela
)
daquelas (de+
aquelas
)
daquele (de+
aquele
)

daqueles (de+
aqueles
)
daqui (de+
aqui
)
daquilo (de+
aquilo
)
daquém (de+
aquém
)
das (de+
as
)
daí (de+
aí
)
dela (de+
ela
)
delas (de+
elas
)
dele (de+
ele
)

deles (de+
eles
)
dentre (de+
entre
)
dessa (de+
essa
)
dessas (de+
essas
)
desse (de+
esse
)
desses (de+
esses
)
desta (de+
esta
)
destas (de+
estas
)
deste (de+
este
)

destes (de+
estes
)
destoutra (de+
estoutra
)
destoutro (de+
estoutro
)
disso (de+
isso
)
disto (de+
isto
)
do (de+
o
)
donde (de+
onde
)
dos (de+
o
)

doutra (de+
outra
)
doutras (de+
outras
)
doutro (de+
outro
)
doutros (de+
outros
)
dum (de+
um
)
duma (de+
uma
)
dumas (de+
umas
)
duns (de+
uns
)

Romanian

Etymology

Frae Laitin dē.

Preposition

De (+accusative)

frae
Casa mea nu este departe de aici. - “Ma hoose is nae far frae here.”
o
o ceașcă de ceai - “a cup of tea”

un profesor de matematică - “a professor o mathematics”
bi
o carte scrisă de Marin Preda. - “a beuk written bi Marin Preda“

Romansch

Alternative forms

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) di
(Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) gi

Etymology

Frae Laitin

diēs

.

Noun

De m (plural Des)

(Surmiran) day

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

dhe

Pronunciation

[d̊ʲe]

Preposition

De

o, aff

Derived terms

bhàrr - doun frae, frae aff
The follaein preposeetional pronouns:

Combinin pronoun	Preposeetional pronoun	Preposeetional pronoun (emphatic)
mi	dhion	dhiomsa
tu	dhiot	dhiotsa
e	dheth	dhethsan
i	dhith	dhithse
sinn	dhinn	dhinne
sibh	dhibh	dhibhse
iad	dhiubh	dhiubhsan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Frae Proto-Slavic *kъdě, *kъde, frae Proto-Indo-European *kwu-dhē.

Adverb

Template:Sh-adverb

(Kajkavian, Template:Context 2) whaur

Pronoun

De

(Kajkavian, Template:Context 2) whaur

Synonyms

gdje

Spanish

Pronunciation

(efter a pause, 'l', 'm', 'n' and 'ñ') /de/
(elsewaur) {Wt/sco/IPA|lang=es|/ðe/|[ð̞e̞]}}

Etymology 1

Noun

De f (plural Des)

Name o the letter
d
.

Etymology 2

Spanish preposeetion “de” written as a ligature in caipitals

Haund-paintit preposeetion “DE” in the wild

Frae Laitin

de

.

Preposition

De

o; ’s (but uised efter the thing ained an afore the owner)
Constitución española de 1812 — “Spainyie constitution o 1812”

la cola del perro — “the dug’s tail”
from
Soy de España — “I’m frae Spain”

Él murió de hambre — “He died frae hunger”
uised tae construct compoond nouns (wi attributive nouns)
campamento de verano — “simmer camp”

Usage notes

As illustratit in the example abuin,

de

combines wi

el

tae furm

del

.

Derived terms

del

Sranan Tongo

Verb

De

Tae be.

Swedish

Etymology

Frae Auld Norse

þeir

, frae Proto-Germanic *þai (wi noun endin -r).

Alternative forms

(informal) dom
(informal, dialectal) di

Pronunciation

audio (help·info)
(Sweden) /dɔm/, (formal) /deː/, (dialectal) /diː/
(Finland) /diː/

Pronoun

De (third-person plural nominative, dative an accusative dem, genitive deras, reflexive sig)

thay

Declension

Swadish personal pronouns

	subject	object	posessive
singular	full	full	common	neuter	plural
1st person	jag	mig	min	mitt	mina
2nt person	du	dig	din	ditt	dina
3rd person masculine	han	honom	hans
3rd person feminine	hon	henne	hennes
3rd person common	den	den	dess
3rd person neuter	det	det	dess
3rd person indefinite	man	en	ens
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina
plural
1st person	vi	oss	vår	vårt	våra
2nt person	ni	er	er	ert	era
3rd person	de	dem	deras
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina

Article

De

the, a definite airticle uised in the beginning o noun phrases containin attributive adjectives an nouns in the plural. This airticle is uised thegither wi the definite suffix o the noun tae indicate the definiteness o the noun phrase.
de gröna bilarna
the green caurs

Usage notes

The same type o noun phrases wi singular nouns instead uise den (common gender) or det (neuter) for this function. Some definite noun phrase wi attributive adjectives mey skip these precedin airticles. This is the case especially for mony lexicalized noun phrases an an aa for mony noun phrases wirkin as proper names o organisations, geografical places, TV shaws, events an seemilar.

Brittiska öarna

The Breetish Isles

While the personal pronoun de haes an object furm an a genitive form, the definite airticle de is unaffectit bi the syntactic role o the noun phrase.

Tarantino

Preposition

De

o

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Frae Inglis

day

.

Noun

De

day
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society o Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:5 (translation here):
  Tulait em i kolim “De,” na tudak em i kolim “Nait.” Nait i go pinis na moning i kamap. Em i de namba wan.

Related terms

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Turkish

Adverb

De

as well, too, an aa

Özer de sorunun cevabını biliyor - Özer an aa kens the answer o the quaistien

Berker de bizimle geliyor - Berker is comin wi us as well

Zafer de dondurma yemeyi sever - Zafer liks eatin ice cream, too.

Usage notes

It's uised when the previous wird's last vowel is "e", "i", "ö" or "ü". Itherwise (if the wird's last vowel is "a", "ı", "o" or "u"); it acomes "da"

Synonyms

da

Noun

De

The name o the Laitin-script letter D/d.

Verb

De

(imperative) say

Volapük

Preposition

De

o, frae

West Frisian

Etymology

Compare Dutch an Law German

de

, Inglis

the

, German

der

.

Article

De c

the (definite airticle precedin nouns o common gender an aw plurals)

Related terms

dy

Zulu

Adjective

-De^?

lang
taw, heich

Derived terms

ubude

ǃKung

Noun

De

woman

Related terms

ǯau
zau

[1] (2012) The Unicode Consortium, The Unicode Standard: Version 6.1 – Core Specification. ISBN 978-1-936213-02-3, page 468; citing: (1985) Geoffrey Sampson, Writing Systems: A Linguistic Introduction, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-1254-9.

[2] John Woldemar Cowan, The Lojban Reference Grammar, §16.5: Dropping the prenex.

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	Nominative	Objective case	Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person	jeg	meg	min m
Second person	du	deg	din m
Third person m	han	han/ham	hans
Third person f	hun	henne	hennes
Third person n	det	det	dets
Third person, nonhuman m/f	den	den	dens
Plural
First person	vi	oss	vår m
Seicont person	dere	dere	deres
Third person	de	dem	deres

	Nominative	Objective case	Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person	eg	meg	min m
Seicont person	du	deg	din m
Third person m	han	han, honom³	hans
Third person f	ho	ho, henne	hennar, hennes⁴
Third person n	det, dat¹	det, dat¹	dess ²
Plural
First person	me, vi	oss	vår m
Seicont person	de, dokker	dykk, dokker	dykkar, dokkar, deires⁴
Third person	dei	dei, deim³	deira
Notes
¹Never part o offeecial Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily uised afore Landsmål received an offeecial written norm.
²Rare or leeterary
³Na langer pairt o the offeecial written norm. Nou primarily uised in Høgnorsk texts.
⁴Na langer pairt o the offeecial written norm. These non-tradeetional furms wur addit tae the norm tae either approach the the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects.

Number	Person	Inflection	Nominative	Accusative	Possessive	Reflexive	Reflexive possessive
Singular	First	common	jeg	mig	min
		neuter			mit
		plural			mine
	Seicont	common	du	dig	din
		neuter			dit
		plural			dine
		formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine	han	ham	hans	sig	sin
		feminine	hun	hende	hendes
		common	den	den	dens
		neuter	det	det	dets		sit
		plural					sine
Plural	First	—	vi	os	vores
		common			vor
		neuter			vort
		plural			vore
	Seicont	–	I	jer	jeres
	Seicont	formal	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres	sig

Define:De

Translingual

Etymology

Symbol

English

Alternative forms

Verb

References

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

Preposition

Usage notes

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Preposition

Dalmatian

Etymology

Preposition

Related terms

Danish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

See also

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Article

Usage notes

See also

Derived terms

Descendants

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Preposition

Noun

Fala

Etymology

Preposition

Usage notes

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Usage notes

Article

Usage notes

Derived terms

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Usage notes

Derived terms

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Numeral

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Adverb

Synonyms

Conjunction

Derived terms

See also

Ido

Preposition

Interlingua

Preposition

Irish

Pronunciation

Preposition

Inflection

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