-сте
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Ukrainian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- -сьте (-sʹte)
Etymology[edit]
Contraction of Proto-Slavic *este, second-person plural of *byti. Previously marked the perfect aspect, as in Old Church Slavonic. Cognate with Polish -ście, which is also used with former l-participles to form the past tense.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
-сте • (-ste) (clitic)
- (dialectal) Used with past plural forms of imperfective (rarely perfective) verbs, marking them as second-person plural.
- 1900, Vasyl Stefanyk, Камінний хрест [The Stone Cross][1], Lviv, published 1942:
- Дєкую вам файно, ґазди і ґаздині, шо-сте ні мали за ґазду, а мою за ґаздиню…
- Djekuju vam fajno, gazdy i gazdyni, šo-ste ni maly za gazdu, a moju za gazdynju…
- I thank you much, gentlemen and ladies, for you have had me for a householder, and my [wife] for a householdress…
Usage notes[edit]
- May be attached to any word in the sentence.