FromMiddle Englisharen, fromOld Englishearun,earon(“are”), reinforced byOld Norse plural forms iner- (displacing alternativeOld Englishsind andbēoþ), fromProto-Germanic*arun(“(they) are”), fromProto-Germanic*esi/*izi (a form ofProto-Germanic*wesaną(“to be”)), fromProto-Indo-European*h₁ésti(“is”).
Cognate withOld Norseeru(“(they) are”) (>Icelandiceru(“(they) are”),Swedishäro(“(they) are”),Danisher(“(they) are”)),Old Englisheart(“(thou) art”). More atart.
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From the phonetic similarity betweenour andare in many English dialects (both/ɑː(ɹ)/).
are
Sometimes used deliberately as a form ofclassist humour, as a mocking imitation of a person with little education.
are
FromProto-Basque*arhe.
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| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | are | area | areak |
| ergative | arek | areak | areek |
| dative | areri | areari | areei |
| genitive | areren | arearen | areen |
| comitative | arerekin | arearekin | areekin |
| causative | arerengatik | arearengatik | areengatik |
| benefactive | arerentzat | arearentzat | areentzat |
| instrumental | arez | areaz | areez |
| inessive | aretan | arean | areetan |
| locative | aretako | areko | areetako |
| allative | aretara | arera | areetara |
| terminative | aretaraino | areraino | areetaraino |
| directive | aretarantz | arerantz | areetarantz |
| destinative | aretarako | arerako | areetarako |
| ablative | aretatik | aretik | areetatik |
| partitive | arerik | — | — |
| prolative | aretzat | — | — |
Borrowed fromFrenchare, fromLatinārea.
Learned formation fromLatinarea, a piece of level ground.Doublet ofaire.
FromDutchare, fromFrenchare, fromLatinārea.Doublet ofarea.
arê
Variant ofaere.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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Perhaps from aDutch Low Saxon orGerman Low German verb.
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are (present tensearar,past tenseara,past participleara,passive infinitivearast,present participlearande,imperativeare/ar)
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āre f
Weak feminine (n-stem):
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FromProto-West Germanic*auʀā, fromProto-Germanic*ausô.
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| Declension ofāre (neuter n-stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | āre | ārene,ārne |
| genitive | āra | ārana,ārena |
| dative | āra | ārum,ārem ārenum,ārenem |
| accusative | āre | ārene,ārne |
are
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
are
CompareLatinhabēret,habuerit. CompareAromanianari. See alsoar, auxiliary used in a periphrastic construction of the conditional.
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are
FromMiddle Englishare, fromOld Englishār(“honor, worth, dignity”), fromProto-West Germanic*aiʀu, fromProto-Germanic*aizō(“respect, honour”), from*ais-(“to honour, respect, revere”).
Cognate withDutcheer(“honour, credit”),GermanEhre(“honour, glory”),Latinerus(“master, professor”).
are (uncountable)
are
aré (Baybayin spellingᜀᜇᜒ)(chiefly Batangas, Mindoro, Marinduque)
| Direct (ang) | Indirect (ng) | Oblique (sa) | Locative (nasa) | Existential | Manner (gaya ng) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Near speaker* | ari/are,iri/ire/idi,yari** | nari/nare,niri/nire/nidi,niyari† | dini/dine | nandini,narini,nairi/naidi,naari | ere/eri,here/heri,ayri | ganari,ganiri,garini(garni),gayari† |
| Near speaker and listener* | ito | nito | dito | nandito,narito,naito** | heto,eto,ayto† | ganito,garito(garto)** |
| Near listener | iyan,yaan | niyan | diyan/diyaan | nandiyan/nandiyaan,nariyan(naryan),nayan/nayaan**,naiyan‡ | hayan,ayan | ganiyan(ganyan),gay-an**,gariyan** |
| Remote | iyon,yoon,yaon† | niyon,noon,niyaon† | doon | nandoon,naron/naroon**,nayon/nayoon**,nayaon‡ | hayon/hayun,ayon/ayun | ganoon,gayon,gay-on,gayoon‡,garoon‡ |
| *These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text. | ||||||
FromProto-Tani*a-lə, fromProto-Sino-Tibetan*la.
are
are
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | toare | foare | miare | |
| 2nd person | noare | niare | ||
| 3rd person | masculine | oare | iare yoare(archaic) | |
| feminine | moare | |||
| neuter | iare | |||
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*qazay.
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are (definite formarebi)
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àre
From the same root aseré,iré, anduré, seeProto-Yoruba*V-ré
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