# те
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From earlier тѣ. Formed under the influence of тѣхъ (těxŭ), тѣмъ (těmŭ), тѣми (těmi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɛ]
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

те • (te) (personal)
* They; the third-person plural pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb.
    Те току-що пристигнаха.Te toku-što pristignaha.They have just arrived.
    Те са по-ниски от мен.Te sa po-niski ot men.They are shorter than me.
* short form of the second-person singular pronoun in the accusative case, used as the direct object of a verb; you
    Обичам те.Običam te.I love you.
    Може ли да те попитам нещо?Može li da te popitam nešto?Can I ask you something?

#### Related terms
## Eastern Mari
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /te/
* Rhymes: -e
* Hyphenation: те

### Pronoun

те • (te)
* (personal) you (plural and/or formal)
    те марла кутыреда?te marla kutyreda?do you speak Mari?

#### Derived terms

* тендан (tendan)

### References

* J. Bradley et al. (2023) “те”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

## Erzya
### Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ťä, from Proto-Uralic *tä (“this”). Cognate with Moksha тя (tä), Finnish tämä, Estonian tema, Skolt Sami tät, Udmurt та (ta), Hungarian teg- in tegnap, Tundra Nenets тей (ťej).

### Pronunciation

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### Pronoun

те • (te)
* this
    Мон важодян те столенть экшсэ.Mon važoďan te stolenť ekšsë.I work at this desk.
** 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 29:I tuź kuľa tede vese te mastorga.News of this spread through all that region.(literally, “[...] through all this region.”)

#### Declension

Declension of те (te) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | те (te) | неть (neť), не (ne), нетне (netne) |
| genitive | тень (teń) | нетнень (netneń), нень (neń) |
| dative | тенень (teneń) | нетненень (netneneń), ненень (neneń) |
| ablative | теде (tede) | нетнеде (netnede), ненде (nende) |
| inessive | теньсэ (tensë), тень эйсэ (teń ejsë) | нетнесэ (netnesë), неньсэ (nensë) |
| elative | теньстэ (tenstë), тень эйстэ (teń ejstë) | нетнестэ (netnestë), неньстэ (nenstë) |
| illative | теньс (teńs), тень эйс (teń ejs) | нетнес (netnes), неньс (neńs) |
| prolative | теньга (teńga), тень эзга (teń ezga) | нетнева (netneva), неньга (neńga) |
| translative | текс (teks) | нетнекс (netneks), ненькс (neńks) |
| abessive | тентеме (tenteme) | нетневтеме (netnevteme), нентеме (nenteme) |
| comparative | теньшка (teńška) | нетнешка (netneška), неньшка (neńška) |

### References

* B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “те”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
* Entry #1034 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
* Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɛ]

### Conjunction

те • (te)
* at times... at other times...
* now... now... (indicates two alternating situations)

### Pronoun

те • (te)
* Short direct object form of ти (ti).

## Old Novgorodian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas m, *tāˀ f, *ta n, from Proto-Indo-European *só m, *séh₂ f, *tód n. First attested in c. 1025‒1050. Cognate with Old East Slavic тъ (tŭ), Old Ruthenian той (toj), Old Church Slavonic тъ (tŭ), Old Polish ten.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: те

### Pronoun

те • (te)
* this, that

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 809

### Further reading

* “те”, in Берестяные грамоты – Национальный корпус русского языка [Birchbark Letters – Russian National Corpus], https://ruscorpora.ru/, 2003–2025

## Russian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʲe]
* Audio:(file)

#### Determiner

те • (te) pl (demonstrative)
* inflection of тот (tot):
** nominative plural
** inanimate accusative plural

#### Pronoun

те • (te) pl (demonstrative)
* inflection of тот (tot):
** nominative plural
** inanimate accusative plural

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʲe]

#### Pronoun

те • (te)
* (colloquial) Contraction of тебе́ (tebé).
** 1985, Nautilus Pompilius [Nautilus Pompilius] (lyrics and music), “Алчи, Алчи”, in Невидимка:Ма́ма, ма́стер дя́дя Ко́ля Ждёт давно́ меня́ внизу́. Вот те но́жик, вот те спи́чки. Я на рабо́ту выхожу́.Máma, máster djádja Kólja Ždjot davnó menjá vnizú. Vot te nóžik, vot te spíčki. Ja na rabótu vyxožú.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronoun

те (Latin spelling te)
* of you (clitic genitive singular of ти̑ (“you”))
* you (clitic accusative singular of ти̑ (“you”))

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ta. Compare Ukrainian та (ta).

#### Conjunction

те (Latin spelling te)
* and

## Udi
### Etymology

From Aghwan 𐔸𐔴 (te).

### Determiner

те • (te)
* no
    — Ви баба арене? — Те.— Vi baba arene? — Te.— Has your dad arrived? — No.

### Further reading

* Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahé J.-P., editors (2009), The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), volume 1, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page II-55
* Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974) “те”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary]‎, Baku: Academy Press, page 204

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɛ]
* Audio:(file)

### Determiner

те • (te)
* nominative/accusative neuter singular of той (toj)