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te

Serbo-Croatianpronconj
Ћирилица: теone entry, two scripts

Grammatical form

te is the feminine nominative plural form of taj: those.

Definitions

  1. 1.
    of you (clitic genitive singular of tȋ (“you”))
  2. 2.
    you (clitic accusative singular of tȋ (“you”))
  3. 3.
    and (following a cause; lit. and thereby, and thus)
    • Poskliznuo sam se te pao.

      I slipped and fell.

  4. 4.
    and, and then (before the last thing in order of mention or occurrence)
    • U posljednjih godinu dana bio sam u Beogradu, Zagrebu, Sarajevu te Podgorici.

      In the past year, I have been to Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo and Podgorica.

    • Obukao sam se, izašao iz kuće, zaključao vrata te otišao na posao.

      I got dressed up, got out of the house, locked the door and then went to work.

  5. 5.
    now (chiefly used in stock phrases)
    • Problemi gdje god pogledaš! Te tu, te tamo!

      Problems, wherever you look! Now here, now there!

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ta. Compare Ukrainian та (ta).

Forms

  • теcyrillic
Nominative
Singular
Plural
Genitive
Singular
tȅbe, te
Plural
vȃs
Dative
Singular
tȅbi, ti
Plural
vȁma, vam
Accusative
Singular
tȅbe, te
Plural
vȃs
Vocative
Singular
ti
Plural
Locative
Singular
tȅbi
Plural
vȁma
Instrumental
Singular
tȍbōm
Plural
vȁma

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