-ne
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[edit] Irish
[edit] Alternative forms
- -na (broad form)
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ɲə]
[edit] Suffix
-ne
- First person plural emphatic
[edit] Usage notes
- Added to nouns in the presence of the possessive adjective to emphasize the possessor rather than the thing possessed:
- Added to prepositional pronouns (which in Irish always end in a slender consonant) to add emphasis (not to create a reflexive pronoun):
- Used with first person plural (e.g. againne).
- Added to verbs to indicate "ourselves":
- cloisfimidne -- we (ourselves) will hear
- chloisfimisne -- we (ourselves) would hear
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Particle
-ne (interrogative enclitic)
- Question particle meaning "is it not that".
- or… (introduces a question or an alternative)
[edit] Usage notes
- A question requiring an answer of "yes" or "no" is formed by adding -ne to the emphatic word:
- Is tibi mortemne vidētur aut dolōrem timēre?
- Does he seem to you to fear death or pain?
- Hīcine vir usquam nisi in patriā moriētur?
- Shall this man die anywhere but in his native land?
- Tūne id veritus es?
- Did you fear that?
- Is tibi mortemne vidētur aut dolōrem timēre?
- The enclitic -ne is sometimes omitted.
- Patēre tua cōnsilia nōn sentīs?
- Do you not see that your schemes are manifest?
- Patēre tua cōnsilia nōn sentīs?
- When -ne is added to a negative word (such as nōnne) an affirmative answer is expected.
- Nōnne animadvertis?
- Aren't you paying attention?
- Nōnne animadvertis?
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
[edit] Suffix
-ne
- -selves (emphatic)
[edit] Usage notes
- Added to nouns in the presence of the possessive adjective to emphasize the possessor rather than the thing possessed (NB: Ignores broad/slender rule):
- Added to prepositional pronouns to add emphasis (not to create a reflexive pronoun):
- Used with first person plural (e.g. againne).
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[edit] Taos
[edit] Suffix
-ne
- Duoplural number inflection. On nouns in gender III.6, it indicates either collective number or singular noncount (mass) and has corresponding singular agreement marking on verb-forms. (See also: -na, -ną, -nemą.)