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See also: Appendix:Variations of "t"
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]'t
- (archaic or eye dialect) Contraction of it.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 6, column 2:
- He could not miſſe't.
- 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], page 217, column 1:
- Then marke th’inducement. Thus it came; giue heede too’t:
- (eye dialect) Contraction of that.
- 2006 February 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, season 1, episode 2:
Derived terms
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Verb
[edit]'t
Pronoun
[edit]'t
Catalan
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]'t
- Contraction of te.
Usage notes
[edit]- 't is the reduced (reduïda) form of the pronoun. It is used after verbs ending with a vowel.
- Fixa't. ― Take note.
Declension
[edit]Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Article
[edit]'t
- Contraction of het (“the”).
- Dan houdt 't verhaal op. ― Then the story ends.
- Waar in 't veld staat hij? ― Where on the pitch is he?
- Wat ga je in 't weekend doen? ― What are you up to this weekend?
- Also used in names: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (Nobel laureate in chemistry)
Pronoun
[edit]'t
- Contraction of het (“it”).
- 't Is al laat. ― It's late already.
- Kan je 't goed zien? ― Can you see it well?
Usage notes
[edit]Common in spoken Dutch. Other than in names, "het" is usually written in full in written Dutch.
't is never capitalised, even before a proper noun or at the start of sentences. Instead, the following word is capitalised, as in 't Kan beter. (It could be better.)
Declension
[edit]Ilocano
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contraction of ti.
Pronunciation
[edit]Article
[edit]'t
- Contraction of ti.
- 2017, Diocese of Baguio, “Misa a Sangkagimongan [The Order of Mass]”, in Aweng Rambak: Hymnal of the Diocese of Baguio (overall work in English, Tagalog, Ilocano, and Kankanaey), Baguio: Diocese of Baguio, page xlvi:
- Amami ng adda't sadi langit
- Our father in heaven
Limburgish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Contraction of het.
Article
[edit]'t n
Pronoun
[edit]'t n
- Reduced form of het (“it”)
Declension
[edit]Limburgish (Southeast) personal pronouns
nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | ||||||
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str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | ||||
1st person singular | ich | 'ch | mich | m'ch | mir | m'r | like dat. and acc. | ||
2nd person singular (informal) |
doe | de | dich | d'ch | dir | d'r | like dat. and acc. | ||
2nd person singular (formal) |
duur | 'r | uch | uch [əç] | uch | uch [əç] | like dat. and acc. | ||
3rd person singular | m | heë deë |
e de |
dem | d'm | hem dem |
'm | zich | |
f | zie het |
ze 't | |||||||
n | det | 't | |||||||
1st person plural | vir | v'r | ós | — | ós | — | like dat. and acc. | ||
2nd person plural | duur | 'r | uch | uch [əç] | uch | uch [əç] | like dat. and acc. | ||
3rd person plural | zie die |
ze | hön | — | hönnen | — | zich |
Etymology 2
[edit]Contraction of het, itself derived from det.
Pronoun
[edit]'t f
- Reduced form of het (“she”)
Declension
[edit]Limburgish (Southeast) personal pronouns
nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | ||||
1st person singular | ich | 'ch | mich | m'ch | mir | m'r | like dat. and acc. | ||
2nd person singular (informal) |
doe | de | dich | d'ch | dir | d'r | like dat. and acc. | ||
2nd person singular (formal) |
duur | 'r | uch | uch [əç] | uch | uch [əç] | like dat. and acc. | ||
3rd person singular | m | heë deë |
e de |
dem | d'm | hem dem |
'm | zich | |
f | zie het |
ze 't | |||||||
n | det | 't | |||||||
1st person plural | vir | v'r | ós | — | ós | — | like dat. and acc. | ||
2nd person plural | duur | 'r | uch | uch [əç] | uch | uch [əç] | like dat. and acc. | ||
3rd person plural | zie die |
ze | hön | — | hönnen | — | zich |
Luxembourgish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]'t
- Alternative form of et
Usage notes
[edit]- Chiefly used before and after vowels, but never obligatory.
Declension
[edit]Luxembourgish personal pronouns
nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | ||||
1st person singular | ech | — | mech | — | mir | mer | like dat. and acc. | ||
2nd person singular (informal) |
du | de | dech | — | dir | der | like dat. and acc. | ||
2nd person singular (formal) |
Dir | Der | Iech | Iech [əɕ] | Iech | Iech [əɕ] | Iech | ||
3rd person singular | m | hien | en | hien | en | him | em | sech | |
f | si | se | si | se | hir | er | sech | ||
n | hatt | et ('t) | hatt | et ('t) | him | em | sech | ||
1st person plural | mir | mer | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | ||
2nd person plural | dir | der | iech | iech [əɕ] | iech | iech [əɕ] | iech | ||
3rd person plural | si | se | si | se | hinnen | en | sech |
Tagalog
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /t/ [t̪]
Conjunction
[edit]'t (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔)
- Contraction of at
Usage notes
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Zealandic
[edit]Determiner
[edit]'t
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