t'
See also: ť and Appendix:Variations of "t"
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English that, from Old English þæt (“the, that”, neuter definite article and relative pronoun).
Article
t’
- (Northern England) Eye dialect spelling of the. (most characteristic of Yorkshire, but also found in areas of Lancashire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire)
Usage notes
- Before a vowel, t’ is usually written and pronounced as if appended to the following word.
- In He can't make up his mind if he wants one or t’other (= He can't make up his mind if he wants one or the other) t’other is pronounced [ˈtʊðə] as if spelled tother. Sometimes, especially after a consonant, it is pronounced as a glottal stop as below.
- Before a consonant, t’ is pronounced as a glottal stop following the preceding word.
- In I’m going down t’ road to see me mam ( = I’m going down the road to see my mother), down t’ is pronounced [daʊnʔ] as down followed by a glottal stop.
- t’ is sometimes not pronounced at all, having no glottal stop, resulting in a slight pause or lengthening of the preceding sound.
- This still remains distinct from the form without a definite article: compare in t’ woods [ɪnː ˈwʊdz] with in woods [ɪn ˈwʊdz].
- Speakers to whom the usage is not native sometimes pronounce it [tʰ] or [tʰə], either deliberately in mockery or unconsciously in ignorance.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Contraction of to.
Preposition
t’
- Eye dialect spelling of to.
Catalan
Pronoun
t'
- Contraction of et.
Declension
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
French
Pronunciation
Pronoun
t’
- elided form of te
- Je t’ai vu - I saw you.
- (slang) elided form of tu
- T’as vu mon frère ? - Have you seen my brother?
Related terms
Template:French personal pronouns
Further reading
- “t'”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Haitian Creole
Adverb
t'
- Contraction of te.
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t̪ˠ] (before a word starting with a, o, u, fha, fho, or fhu)
- IPA(key): [tʲ] (before a word starting with e, i, fhe, or fhi)
Determiner
t’
- (Cois Fharraige) Alternative form of d’ (“your (singular)”)
Italian
Pronoun
t'
Usage notes
Commonly elides before a vowel, especially i and e.
See also
Italian personal pronouns
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Combined | Disjunctive | Locative | Partitive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | me | me | — | |||
second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | te | te | |||||
third | m | lui | si2, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | glie, se2 | lui, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
f | lei, Lei1 | la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 | le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 | lei, Lei1, sé | ||||||
Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | ce | noi | — | |||
second | — | voi, Voi4 | vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 | ve | voi, Voi4 | |||||
third | m | loro, Loro1 | si, s', -si | li, Li1, -li, -Li1 | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1 |
glie, se | loro, Loro1, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
f | le, Le1, -le, -Le1 | |||||||||
1 | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | |||||||||
2 | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | |||||||||
3 | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | |||||||||
4 | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). |
Manx
Verb
t'
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