тебе

See also: тёбе

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛbɛ]

Pronoun

те́бе • (tébe)

1. full form of the second-person singular pronoun in the accusative case, used as the direct object of a verb; you

   Търсех Георги, а намерих тебе.

   Tǎrseh Georgi, a namerih tebe.

   I was looking for Georgi and I found you.

2. the second-person singular pronoun in the prepositional case, used as the object of a preposition; you

   Не мога да живея без тебе.

   Ne moga da živeja bez tebe.

   I can't live without you.

   От тебе зависи.

   Ot tebe zavisi.

   It's up to you.

3. (dated) full form of the second-person singular pronoun in the dative case, used as the indirect object of a verb; to you, for you, you

   Слава Тебе, Господи!

   Slava Tebe, Gospodi!

   Glory be to thee!, O Lord!/Thank God!/Thank goodness

   Тебе поръчаха да занесеш писмото.

   Tebe porǎčaha da zaneseš pismoto.

   They ordered you to take the letter.

Usage notes

• The full dative form is considered outdated and is usually substituted by the preposition на (na) and the accusative form:

  На тебе поръчаха да занесеш писмото.

  Na tebe porǎčaha da zaneseš pismoto.

  They ordered you to take the letter.

Related terms

Bulgarian personal pronouns

			nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)		dative (indirect complement)		prepositional
				full	short	full	short
singular	first person		аз (az)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)	ме (me)	ме́не (méne)	ми (mi)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)
	second person	informal	ти (ti)	теб (teb) те́бе (tébe)	те (te)	те́бе (tébe)	ти (ti)	теб (teb) те́бе (tébe)
		formal	Ви́е (Víe)	Вас (Vas)	Ви (Vi)	Вам (Vam)	Ви (Vi)	Вас (Vas)
	third person	masculine	той (toj)	не́го (négo)	го (go)	не́му (nému)	му (mu)	не́го (négo)
		feminine	тя (tja)	не́я (néja)	я (ja)	ней (nej)	ѝ (ì)	не́я (néja)
		neuter	то (to)	не́го (négo)	го (go)	не́му (nému)	му (mu)	не́го (négo)
plural	first person		ни́е (níe) ний (nij)	нас (nas)	ни (ni)	нам (nam)	ни (ni)	нас (nas)
	second person	informal	ви́е (víe) вий (vij)	вас (vas)	ви (vi)	вам (vam)	ви (vi)	вас (vas)
		formal	Ви́е (Víe)	Вас (Vas)	Ви (Vi)	Вам (Vam)	Ви (Vi)	Вас (Vas)
	third person		те (te)	тях (tjah)	ги (gi)	тям (tjam)	им (im)	тях (tjah)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛbɛ]

Pronoun

тебе • (tebe)

1. Long direct object form of ти (ti).
2. Long indirect object form of ти (ti).

Old Church Slavonic

Pronoun

тебе • (tebe)

1. genitive of тꙑ (ty)

Declension

Old Church Slavonic personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	genitive	locative	dative	instrumental		possessive
singular	1st person	азъ (azŭ)	мѧ (mę)	мене (mene)	мьнѣ (mĭně)	мьнѣ, ми (mĭně, mi)	мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ)		мои (moi)
	2nd person	тꙑ (ty)	тѧ (tę)	тебе (tebe)	тебѣ (tebě)	тебѣ, ти (tebě, ti)	тобоѭ (tobojǫ)		твои (tvoi)
dual	1st person	вѣ (vě)	на (na)	наю (naju)	наю (naju)	нама, на (nama, na)	нама (nama)		нашь (našĭ)
	2nd person	ва (va)	ва (va)	ваю (vaju)	ваю (vaju)	вама, ва (vama, va)	вама (vama)		вашь (vašĭ)
plural	1st person	мꙑ (my)	нꙑ (ny)	насъ (nasŭ)	насъ (nasŭ)	намъ, нꙑ (namŭ, ny)	нами (nami)		нашь (našĭ)
	2nd person	вꙑ (vy)	вꙑ (vy)	васъ (vasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	вамъ, вꙑ (vamŭ, vy)	вами (vami)		вашь (vašĭ)
reflexive		—	сѧ (sę)	себе (sebe)	себѣ (sebě)	себѣ, си (sebě, si)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)		свои (svoi)

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• тѧ (tę) — accusative

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tebe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈbɛ/→/tʲɛˈbʲɛ/→/tʲɛˈbʲɛ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /tɛˈbɛ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /tʲɛˈbʲɛ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /tʲɛˈbʲɛ/

Pronoun

тебе (tebe)

1. accusative of тꙑ (ty): you (singular), thee
2. genitive of тꙑ (ty): of you (singular), of thee

Declension

Declension of Old East Slavic personal pronouns

Singular	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	ꙗзъ (jazŭ), ꙗ (ja), азъ (azŭ)	тꙑ (ty)	—
Accusative	мене (mene), мѧ (mę)	тебе (tebe), тѧ (tę)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	мене (mene)	тебе (tebe)	себе (sebe)
Locative	мънѣ (mŭně)	тобѣ (tobě)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	мънѣ (mŭně), ми (mi)	тобѣ (tobě), ти (ti)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ)	тобоѭ (tobojǫ)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	мои (moi)	твои (tvoi)	свои (svoi)
Dual	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	вѣ (vě)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	на (na)	ва (va)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	себе (sebe)
Locative	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)
Plural	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	мꙑ (my)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	насъ (nasŭ), нꙑ (ny)	васъ (vasŭ), вꙑ (vy)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	себе (sebe)
Locative	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	намъ (namŭ), нꙑ (ny)	вамъ (vamŭ), вꙑ (vy)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	нами (nami)	вами (vami)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)

Descendants

• Belarusian: цябе́ (cjabjé) (Possibly through blending with тѧ (tę))
• Russian: тебя́ (tebjá) (Possibly through blending with тѧ (tę))
• Ukrainian: тебе (tebe)

Pannonian Rusyn

Alternative forms

• це (ce) — short form (genitive, accusative, locative)
• ци (ci) — short form (dative)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak tebe, from Proto-Slavic *tebě. The deviation from expected *цебе (*cebe) may be an influence of Carpathian Rusyn тебе́ (tebé).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛbɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛbɛ
• Hyphenation: те‧бе

Pronoun

тебе (tebe)

1. genitive/dative/accusative/locative of ти (ti)

Declension

Pannonian Rusyn personal pronouns

	singular						plural				reflexive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person				1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	n	f
nominative	я (ja)	ти (ti)	вон (von)	воно (vono)	вона (vona)		ми (mi)	ви (vi)	вони (voni)
genitive	мнє, ме 1 ‎(mnje, me)	тебе, це 1 ‎(tebe, ce)	його 1, нього 2, ньго 2, го 1 (joho, nʹoho, nʹho, ho)		єй 1, нєй  2 ‎(jej, njej)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	їх 1, нїх 2, их 3 (jix, njix, ix)		себе (sebe)
dative	мнє, ми (mnje, mi)	тебе, ци ‎(tebe, ci)	йому 4, ньому 2, му ‎(jomu, nʹomu, mu)		єй, нєй 2 ‎(jej, njej)		нам ‎(nam)	вам (vam)	їм 4, нїм 2, им 3 (jim, njim, im)		себе (sebe)
accusative	мнє, ме ‎(mnje, me)	тебе, це ‎(tebe, ce)	його 4, нього 2, ньго 2, го (joho, nʹoho, nʹho, ho)		ю, ню 2 ‎(ju, nju)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	їх 4, нїх 2, их 3 (jix, njix, ix)		себе (sebe)
instrumental 5	мну (mnu)	тобу ‎(tobu)	нїм (njim)		ню ‎(nju)		нами (nami)	вами ‎(vami)	нїма (njima)		собу ‎(sobu)
locative 5	мнє ‎(mnje)	тебе, це ‎(tebe, ce)	нїм / ньому (njim / n'omu)		нєй (njej)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	нїх (njix)		себе (sebe)

1. Used with reflexive verbs.
2. The alternative forms with an initial н- (n-) in the third person are used after a preposition.
3. The plural forms with an initial и- (i-) are unstressed.
4. The forms with an initial й- (j-) or ї- (ji-) in the third person non-feminine dative/accusative cases are used at the beginning of the sentence and when they are stressed.
5. The instrumental and locative cases are never used without a preposition.

Russian

Alternative forms

• тебѣ́ (tebě́) — pre-1918 spelling
• те (te) — colloquial

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Old Church Slavonic тебѣ (tebě) or inherited from Old East Slavic тобѣ (tobě); both from Proto-Slavic *tebě.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʲɪˈbʲe]

• Audio:

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• (Southern Russia) IPA^(key): [təˈbʲe] (phonetic respelling: табе́)
• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

тебе́ • (tebé)

1. dative/prepositional of ты (ty)

Declension

Declension of Russian personal pronouns

	singular						plural				reflexive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person				1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	n	f
nominative	я (ja)	ты (ty)	он (on)	оно́ (onó)	она́ (oná)		мы (my)	вы (vy)	они́ 1 (oní)		—
genitive	меня́ (menjá)	тебя́ (tebjá)	его́ 2, него́ 2 3 (jevó, nevó)		её 4, неё 3 4 (jejó, nejó)		нас (nas)	вас (vas)	их, них 3 (ix, nix)		себя́ (sebjá)
dative	мне (mne)	тебе́ (tebé)	ему́, нему́ 3 (jemú, nemú)		ей, ней 3 (jej, nej)		нам (nam)	вам (vam)	им, ним 3 (im, nim)		себе́ (sebé)
accusative	меня́ (menjá)	тебя́ (tebjá)	его́ 2, него́ 2 3 (jevó, nevó)		её, неё 3 (jejó, nejó)		нас (nas)	вас (vas)	их, них 3 (ix, nix)		себя́ (sebjá)
instrumental	мной, мно́ю 5 (mnoj, mnóju)	тобо́й, тобо́ю 5 (tobój, tobóju)	им, ним 3 (im, nim)		ей, ней 3, е́ю 5, не́ю 3 5 (jej, nej, jéju, néju)		на́ми (námi)	ва́ми (vámi)	и́ми, ни́ми 3 (ími, ními)		собо́й, собо́ю 5 (sobój, sobóju)
prepositional 6	мне (mne)	тебе́ (tebé)	нём 3 (njom)		ней 3 (nej)		нас (nas)	вас (vas)	них 3 (nix)		себе́ (sebé)

1. Archaic feminine form: оне́ (oné).
2. The letter г (g) in the genitive/accusative case ending is pronounced as /v/.
3. The alternative forms starting with н- (n-) are used after a preposition.
4. Archaic forms: ея́ (jejá), нея́ (nejá).
5. Instrumental forms ending in -ю (-ju) are either dated, poetic, or dialectal.
6. The prepositional case is never used without a preposition.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /têbe/
• Hyphenation: те‧бе

Pronoun

те̏бе ? (Latin spelling tȅbe)

1. of you (genitive singular of ти̑ (“you”))
2. you (accusative singular of ти̑ (“you”))

Declension

Declension of тебе

	singular	plural
nominative	ти̑	ви̑
genitive	те̏бе, те	ва̑с, вас
dative	те̏би, ти	ва̏ма, вам
accusative	те̏бе, те	ва̑с, вас
vocative	ти	ви̑
locative	те̏би	ва̏ма
instrumental	то̏бо̄м	ва̏ма

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• тебе́: IPA^(key): [teˈbɛ]

  • Audio:

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  • Rhymes: -ɛ
• те́бе: IPA^(key): [ˈtɛbe] (after prepositions)
  • Homophone: Те́би (Téby, “Thebes”)
  • Rhymes: -ɛbe
• Hyphenation: те‧бе

Pronoun

тебе́ or те́бе • (tebé or tébe)

1. genitive/accusative of ти (ty)