vem

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See also: VEM and vêm

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

vem

  1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of ver
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of vir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latvian[edit]

Verb[edit]

vem

  1. inflection of vemt:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin venīt. Cognate with Galician vén and Spanish viene. Also compare with tem.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Verb[edit]

vem

  1. inflection of vir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. (Brazil) Misspelling of vêm.

Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • hvem (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse hveim, dative of hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Pronoun[edit]

vem c (genitive vems, plural vilka, plural genitive vilkas)

  1. who, whom
    Vem är du?
    Who are you?
    Vem frågade du?
    Whom did you ask?

Usage notes[edit]

  • In earlier Swedish, vem (spelt hvem) was the oblique case form of ho, corresponding to the difference between English who and whom. Unlike in English, where the oblique form gives way to the nominative, the reverse has happened in Swedish.

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