't

See also: Appendix:Variations of "t"

English

Pronoun

't

1. (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:

     He could not miſſe't.

2. (eye dialect) Contraction of that.
   • 2006 Feb. 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 2:

     What was all that about?
     Well, like all women, she's shoe-mad.
     't’s a bit sexist, isn't it?
     Do you know one woman who isn't obsessed with shoes?
     No, but I only know one woman. And she just left the room shouting "THE SHOES!"

Derived terms

• by't
• do't
• for't
• in't
• into't
• is't
• on't
• 'tis
• 'tisn't
• to't
• 'tshall
• 'twas
• 'twasn't
• 'twere
• 'tweren't
• 'twill
• 'twon't
• 'twou'd
• 'twou'dn't
• 'twould
• 'twouldn't
• upon't
• was't
• with't

 

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Afrikaans

Verb

't

1. (uncommon) Contraction of het.

Pronoun

't

1. (uncommon) Contraction of dit.

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Catalan

Pronoun

't

1. Contraction of te.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person.			3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Usage notes

• 't is the reduced (reduïda) form of the pronoun. It is used after verbs ending with a vowel.

  Fixa't. ― Take note.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ət/, /t/

• Audio:

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Article

't

1. 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

't

1. Contraction of het (“it”).

   't Is al laat ― It's late already.

   Kan je 't goed zien? ― Can you see it well?

Inflection

Dutch personal pronouns

	subject		object		possessive			reflexive	genitive5
singular	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	pred.
1st person	ik	'k1	mij	me	mijn	m'n1	mijne	me	mijner, mijns
2nd person	jij	je	jou	je	jouw	je	jouwe	je	jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u	uwer, uws
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich	uwer, uws
3rd person masculine	hij	ie1	hem	'm1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich	zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine	zij	ze	haar	h'r1, 'r1, d'r1	haar	h'r1, 'r1, d'r1	hare	zich	harer, haars
3rd person neuter	het	't1	het	't1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich	zijner, zijns
plural
1st person	wij	we	ons	–	ons, onze2	–	onze	ons	onzer, onzes
2nd person	jullie	je	jullie	je	jullie	je	–	je	–
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u	uwer, uws
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich	uwer, uws
3rd person	zij	ze	hen3, hun4	ze	hun	–	hunne	zich	hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative).				5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people").

Usage notes

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.)

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Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ət/
  • IPA^(key): /‿t/

Etymology 1

Contraction of het.

Article

't n

1. the, it

Pronoun

't n

1. Reduced form of het (“it”)

Declension

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

Etymology 2

Contraction of het, itself derived from det.

Pronoun

't f

1. Reduced form of het (“she”)

Declension

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

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/

Pronoun

't

1. Alternative form of et

Usage notes

• Chiefly used before and after vowels, but never obligatory.

Declension

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

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/, [t̪]

Conjunction

't

1. Contraction of at, after a word ending in a vowel, primarily used as a clitic in informal writing or recorded speech.

Derived terms

• bagama't
• baro't saya
• datapwa't
• iba't iba

 

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Zealandic

Determiner

't

1. neuter singular of de