Related tomë,mu,mua(“me”) andim(“my, mine”).-em is theTosk and StandardAlbanian variant of theGheg personalsuffix-na(“I, me”). The suffix-em(“I, me”) indicates the 1st person singular,mediopassive,present (same as Gheg-na). Used the same way asGreek verb suffix "-μαι/-mai"(also 1st pers., sg.,mediopassive,indicative,present).
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mediopassive personal suffixes (1st person singular) | |||||
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indicative | subjunctive | conditional | optative | admirative | |
(dëftore) | (lidhore) | (kushtore) | (dëshirore) | (habitore) | |
present | -em | (të)-em | (dotë)-esha | (u)-sha /-fsha | (u)-am |
continuous present | (po)-em | (potë)-em | (podotë)-esha | (pou)-am | |
imperfect | -esha | (të)-esha | (u)-ësha | ||
continuous imperfect | (po)-esha | (potë)-esha | (pou)-ësha | ||
aorist | (u)-a / (u)-va | - | - | - | - |
perfect | j-am (+participle) | (të) j-em (+participle) | qof-sha (+participle) | qenk-am (+participle) | |
past perfect I | isha (+participle) | (të)isha (+participle) | (dotë)isha (+participle) | qenk-ësha (+participle) | |
past perfect II (aorist II) | q-eshë (+participle) | ||||
future I | k-am (përt'u +participle) | (dotë)-em | |||
future perfect | k-am (përtëqenë +participle) | (dotë) j-em (+participle) |
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The suffix to be used is determined byvowel harmony. If the last vowel in the stem isa,e, oro (or a diphthong ending in one of those), then the suffix is-em. Otherwise, use-im or-um.
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small objects, concepts | large objects, living things | suffix | ||
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singular | first person | ai | nei | -ei |
second person | omw,om | noum | -om | |
third person | an | noun | -an | |
plural | first person | äm (exclusive) ach (inclusive) | nöu̇m (exclusive) nöüch (inclusive) | -em (exclusive) -ach (inclusive) |
second person | ämi,ami | noumi | -emi | |
third person | ar | nour | -er |
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FromMiddle High German-em,-eme, fromProto-West Germanic*-umē.
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Through reduction of the unstressed syllable.
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Ultimately a backformation fromAncient Greekφώνημα(phṓnēma), whence GermanPhonem.
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Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | ||
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unrounded | rounded | |||
én | 1st person singular | -ok | -ek | -ök |
-ik verbs (optional) | -om | -em | -öm | |
te | 2nd person singular | -sz | ||
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -asz | -esz | ||
after s, sz, z, dz | -ol | -el | -öl | |
ő maga ön | 3rd person singular | – | ||
-ik verbs | -ik | |||
mi | 1st person plural | -unk | -ünk | |
ti | 2nd person plural | -tok | -tek | -tök |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -otok | -etek | -ötök | |
ők maguk önök | 3rd person plural | -nak | -nek | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anak | -enek | ||
See also: present-tensedefinite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. |
Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | ||
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unrounded | rounded | |||
én | 1st person singular | -om | -em | -öm |
te | 2nd person singular | -od | -ed | -öd |
ő maga ön | 3rd person singular or formal 2nd person singular | -ja | -i | |
mi | 1st person plural | -juk | -jük | |
ti | 2nd person plural | -játok | -itek | |
ők maguk önök | 3rd person plural or formal 2nd person plural | -ják | -ik | |
See also: present-tenseindefinite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. |
(possessive suffix):
singular | plural | |
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nominative | -em | — |
accusative | -emet | — |
dative | -emnek | — |
instrumental | -emmel | — |
causal-final | -emért | — |
translative | -emmé | — |
terminative | -emig | — |
essive-formal | -emként | — |
essive-modal | -emül | — |
inessive | -emben | — |
superessive | -emen | — |
adessive | -emnél | — |
illative | -embe | — |
sublative | -emre | — |
allative | -emhez | — |
elative | -emből | — |
delative | -emről | — |
ablative | -emtől | — |
non-attributive possessive – singular | -emé | — |
non-attributive possessive – plural | -eméi | — |
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singular | plural | |
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nominative | -em | -emek |
accusative | -emet | -emeket |
dative | -emnek | -emeknek |
instrumental | -emmel | -emekkel |
causal-final | -emért | -emekért |
translative | -emmé | -emekké |
terminative | -emig | -emekig |
essive-formal | -emként | -emekként |
essive-modal | -emül | -emekül |
inessive | -emben | -emekben |
superessive | -emen | -emeken |
adessive | -emnél | -emeknél |
illative | -embe | -emekbe |
sublative | -emre | -emekre |
allative | -emhez | -emekhez |
elative | -emből | -emekből |
delative | -emről | -emekről |
ablative | -emtől | -emektől |
non-attributive possessive – singular | -emé | -emeké |
non-attributive possessive – plural | -eméi | -emekéi |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
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1st person sing. | -emem | -emeim |
2nd person sing. | -emed | -emeid |
3rd person sing. | -eme | -emei |
1st person plural | -emünk | -emeink |
2nd person plural | -emetek | -emeitek |
3rd person plural | -emük | -emeik |
See-ēs(suffix forming third-declension feminine abstract nouns).
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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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FromProto-Celtic*-mū, fromProto-Indo-European*-mō.[1]
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singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | -em | -emainL | -emain |
vocative | -em | -emainL | -emnaH |
accusative | -emainN | -emainL | -emnaH |
genitive | -eman | -emanL | -emanN |
dative | -emainL,-emL | -emnaib | -emnaib |
FromProto-Celtic*-īmā, a verbal noun suffix for-ī- verbs in Celtic. Cognate withWelsh-i, fromProto-Brythonic*-iβ̃.
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singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | -emL | — | — |
vocative | -emL | — | — |
accusative | -imN | — | — |
genitive | -meH | — | — |
dative | -imL | — | — |
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The suffix to be used is determined byvowel harmony. If the last vowel in the stem isa,e, oro (or a diphthong ending in one of those), then the suffix is-em. Otherwise, use-im or-um.
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