• IPA^(key):/je/

je

1. second-personsingularpresentindicative ofjam

• IPA^(key):[dʒe]

je

1. jealousy
2. a kind oflizard

• Bassa-English Dictionary
• 2007.The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

je

1. canoe

• Antoinette Schapper,The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 173

• i(normal form)

The traditional form isi butje is found as early as in the first recorded texts in Bourguignon. However nowadays, it is rare to find it, most speakers sayingi as it is a typical feature of Bourguignon.

je

1. (rare)Alternative form ofi

• IPA^(key):[ˈjɛ]

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• Rhymes:-ɛ

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*jь,*ja,*je, originally fromProto-Indo-European*eno-,*ono-,*no-.^{[cs 1]}

je

1. third-personpluralaccusative ofon
2. third-personpluralaccusative ofona
3. third-personsingular/pluralaccusative ofono

• ně

Formerlyjest, fromProto-Slavic*estь, fromProto-Indo-European*h₁es-.^{[cs 1]}

je

1. third-personsingularpresentindicative ofbýt

• IPA^(key):/jə/

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je

1. subjective unstressed form ofjij(“you(singular)”)

   Wat doeje daar? ―What are you doing there?

2. objective unstressed form ofjij(“you(singular)”)

   Ik doe dit wel voorje. ―I'll do this for you.

   Hoe gaat het metje? — Goed. En met jou?

   How areyou? — I'm good. What about you?

3. subjective unstressed form ofjullie(“you(plural),y'all”)

   Wat doeje daar? ―What are you doing there?

4. objective unstressed form ofjullie(“you(plural),y'all”)

   Ik doe dit wel voorje. ―I'll do this for you.

5. (indefinite personal pronoun,informal)one,people,you,someone,anyone; anunspecified individual or group ofindividuals (as subject or object)

   Je mag hier niet zwemmen. ―Swimming is not allowed here.

   In dat restaurant kunje heerlijk eten. ―There is great food to be had in that restaurant.

   • 1995 May 23, Marleen Barth, “'Politiek moet leren luisteren naar scholen' ['Politicians must learn to listen to schools']”, inTrouw‎^[1], page 4:

     „Alsje als directeur ondernemend van aard bent enje kunt goed leidinggeven, dan benje natuurlijk wel gelukkig met meer vrijheid. Maar dat geldt voor veel directeuren niet.(...)"

     "If a headteacher is entrepreneurial by nature and ifhe or she is a good manager,they'll obviously be happy with more freedom. But this does not apply to many headteachers.(...)"

6. (personal pronoun,colloquial)I,one;used to talk about oneself indirectly, especially about feelings or personal experiences

   Je gaat wel even een moeilijk periode door, maarje zoekt toch naar een oplossing. ―I did go through a difficult period, butI looked for a solution nonetheless.

   • 1994 December 31, Wang An Oe, “'Voor een paar tientjes was ik ineens directeur' ['For a couple of tenners, I suddenly became a CEO']”, inLeeuwarder Courant‎^[2], page17:

     Het echtpaar Duijm uit Spijkenisse toog zo'n vier maanden geleden naar de Kamer van Koophandel omdat meneer en mevrouw wel wat zagen in een strijkservice. (...) „Voor ƒ 58 inschrijfgeld waren we plotseling directeur en directrice. Na afloop voelje weer de frisse lucht buiten en dan denkje wel even: waar zijn we aan begonnen?"

     About four months ago, Mr and Mrs Duijm from Spijkenisse went to the Chamber of Commerce because the couple saw business potential for an ironing service. (...) "For a ƒ58 registration fee, we were suddenly CEOs. Afterwards,I felt the fresh outside air again and at that momentI did think to myself: what did we get ourselves into?"

   • 2022 October 31,Gummbah,De Volkskrant‎^[3] (cartoon), retrieved23 November 2022:

     Hoe gaat het nou?
     Slecht !... Ja,je hebt toch net je moeder begraven, hè

     How are things?
     Bad! After all,I just buried my mother, right?

• Whenje is the unstressed subjective form ofjullie, it is construed with a singular verb. Compare:

Het is gevaarlijk, maar jullie moeten weten wat je doet.

It’s dangerous, but you must decide what you’re doing.

• In informal language,je often replacesjij,jou, andjouw, with those forms used for emphasis or contrast.

Hebje aanje maat gevraagd of ’ie z’n boor voorje kan meenemen? — Ja, hij zei dat ik ’m daarna aan jou mag geven zodat jij ’m voor jouw klusje kunt gebruiken.

Didyou askyour mate to bring his drill foryou? — Yes, he said I can give it toyou afterwards soyou can use it foryour project.

• Jersey Dutch:je

je (second person,possessive)

1. possessive unstressed form ofjij(“you(singular)”):your(singular)

   Neemje boek en maak die oefening. ―Take your book and do that exercise.

2. possessive unstressed form ofjullie(“you(plural),y'all”):your(plural),y'all's

   Neemje boeken en maak die oefening. ―Take your books and do that exercise.

je (second person,reflexive)

1. reflexive ofjij(“you(singular)”):yourself

   Heb jeje gewassen? ―Did you wash yourself?

2. reflexive ofjullie(“you(plural),y'all”):yourselves

   Hebben jullieje goed voorbereid? ―Have you all prepared yourselves well?

FromGermanje(“ever, per”).

• IPA^(key):/je/

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• Rhymes:-e
• Hyphenation: je

je

1. An all-purpose preposition.

The prepositionje can replace any other preposition and remain grammatically correct, albeit more ambiguous. It is usually clear what meaning is intended based on context.

It is most useful for prepositional phrases not involving a literal physical connection, and instead, the correct preposition in the source language is mandated by convention only:

"He bets on the horses." (He doesn't place his money on the physical body of the horse.)

"I typed it on the computer." (It was actually typedusing the computer.)

"She'll be here in a minute." (She'll be here within orafter a minute.)

Without context,Donu ĝinje mi could mean any of the following:

Donu ĝinje [al] mi. — “Give it to me.”

Donu ĝinje [el] mi. — “Give it from me.”

Donu ĝinje [kun] mi. — “Give it with me.”

Without context,La kato saltis je la tablon could mean any of the following:

La kato saltisje [sur] la tablon. — “The cat jumped onto the table.”

La kato saltisje [sub] la tablon. — “The cat jumped under the table.”

La kato saltisje [malantaŭ] la tablon. — “The cat jumped behind the table.”

• je la tria
• je mia bedaŭro

Inherited fromLate Latineo.

je (prevocalicj',postpositive-jo)(ORB, broad)

1. I(first-person singular nominative)

• je in DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• je in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu

FromMiddle Frenchje, fromOld Frenchje, fromLate Latineo, fromClassical Latinegō̆.

• IPA^(key):/ʒə/
• (informal)IPA^(key):(before a voiced segment)/ʒ/,(before an unvoiced segment)/ʃ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-ə

je (first person singular,pluralnous,objectme,emphaticmoi,possessive determinermon)

1. I

• When several pronouns are included in the same sentence, it is consideredimpolite to say the pronounje first; it must be the last one, andtu must be said after third persons (this applies also fortoi andmoi):
  • Nous irons, Rose, toi et moi.

    We will go, Rose, you and I.

• j’

• “je”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Likely borrowed fromBengaliযেই(jei)

je

1. thatwhich
2. whatever
3. whoever

• Burling, R. (2003)The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[4],Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page56

FromMiddle High Germanie, fromOld High Germanio.

• IPA^(key):/jeː/

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• Rhymes:-eː
• Homophone:jäh(regional)

je

1. ever
   • 1930,Paul Joachimsen,Der Humanismus und die Entwicklung des deutschen Geistes, in: Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte, 8, page467:

     Und nun kommt die Reformation selbst. Die größte geistige Umwälzung, dieje ein Volk des Abendlandes erlebt hat.

     And now comes the Reformation itself. The largest spiritual upheaval that was ever experienced by a nation of the Occident.

2. per
3. (with “desto”, “umso” or (dated) “je”) the

   je mehr, desto besser ―the more the better

   je früher, umso besser ―the sooner the better

• je länger je lieber(“the longer it lasts, the more I like it”)
• je nach
• je nachdem

• “je” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “je”, inJohn Francis Davis, transl.,Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published1891

From earlierzye, fromSaint Dominican Creole Frenchz'yeu, fromFrenchlesyeux(“the eyes”).

• IPA^(key):/ʒe/

je

1. eye

   Alternative form:zye

• IPA^(key):/jɛː/
• Rhymes:-ɛː

Shortening ofJesús(“Jesus”).

je

1. oh my!

• je minn eini

Borrowed fromEnglishyeah.

je

1. (slang,dated)yeah(indicating enthusiastic appreciation, etc.)

je n (genitive singularjes,nominative pluralje)

1. (obsolete)name of the letterJ,j

   Synonym:joð

Fromj +‎-e.

• IPA^(key):/ʒe/,/ʒɛ/

je (pluralje-i)

1. The name of theLatin script letterJ/j.

• Latin script letter names:literi:a ·be ·ce ·che ·de ·e ·fe ·ge ·he ·i ·je ·ke ·le ·me ·ne ·o ·pe ·que ·re ·se ·she ·te ·u ·ve ·we ·xe ·ye ·ze ^[edit]

• jee(Onitsha)

je

1. go
2. walk

• ije

FromDutchjee.Doublet ofye. Represented Dutch-derived J (pronounced /j/, modern Y) before 1972.

• IPA^(key):/d͡ʒe/,[d͡ʒe]

jé (pluralje-je)

1. The name of theLatin-script letterJ/j.
2. (1901–1947,1947–1972)Superseded spelling ofye.

• (Latin-script letter names)huruf;a,be,ce,de,e,ef,ge,ha,i,je,ka,el,em,en,o,pe,ki,er,es,te,u,ve,we,eks,ye,zet

• “je” inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key):/ˈje/
• Rhymes:-e
• Hyphenation:jé

je(Rome andcentral Italy)

1. Alternative form ofgli(3^rd-person dative pronoun)

je

1. Thekatakana syllableジェ(je) inHepburn-like romanization.
2. Thekatakana syllableヂェ(je) inHepburn-like romanization.

• jāi

FromDutchje.

• IPA^(key):/jə/

je

1. you(second-person singular subjective personal pronoun)

FromProto-Cariban*ô,*jô; compareApalaíje,Trióje,Wayanaje,Waiwaiyo,Akawaioö,Macushiye,Pemonye,Ye'kwanayedü /dhedü,Yao (South America)hoieelii.

• (Venezuela)IPA^(key):[ðe]
• (Suriname)IPA^(key):[je]

je (possessedjery)

1. tooth
2. sharpness

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008)A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[5], Toronto: Magoria Books,→ISBN, page285
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ye”, inEncyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page548; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl.,L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[6], Paris,1956, page537

• nje(after a preposition)

• IPA^(key):/jɛ/

je

1. accusative ofwóni

Phonetic spelling ofja in Johor-Riau Malay,clipping ofsahaja orsaja.

• IPA^(key):/d͡ʒə/
• Rhymes:-ə

je

1. (informal)Alternative form ofsahaja.

FromEnglishjay.

• IPA^(key):/ˈd͡ʒe/ [ˈd͡ʒe]

jé (pluralje-je)

1. The name of theLatin-script letterJ/j.

• je(Indonesian)
• jim(Jawi letter name)

• (Latin-script letter names)huruf;e,bi,si,di,i,ef,ji,hec,ai,je,ke,el,em,en,o,pi,kiu,ar,es,ti,yu,vi,dabel yu,eks,way,zed

FromProto-Micronesian*tia, fromProto-Oceanic*tian, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*tian, fromProto-Austronesian*tiaN.

• (phonetic)IPA^(key):[tʲe]
• (phonemic)IPA^(key):/tʲej/
• Bender phonemes:{jȩy}

je

1. abdomen
2. stomach
3. innard

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

je

1. indicateshearsay orindirect source ofinformation.

   Mboapy'ijeoo jeperaka'e.

   It is said that few could escape.

je

1. Alternative form ofie

• Stem vowel: ê⁴
  • (originally)IPA^(key):/jeː/

jê

1. Alternative form ofgî.

je

1. toshout

• Harrison, Sheldon P.,Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

Borrowed fromOld East Norsejak.(Canthis⁽⁺⁾ etymology besourced?)

• IPA^(key):/jeː/,/jɛː/,/jæː/
• IPA^(key):/jeːɡ/,/jeː/(rare, Northern Romerike)

je (accusativemegor(dialectal)me)

1. (pre-1938 ordialectal)alternative form ofeg(“I”)

• IPA^(key):(13^th CE)/ˈjɛ/
• IPA^(key):(15^th CE)/ˈjɛ/

je

1. singularaccusative ofono

• e,eo,eu,io
• j,jei,jen,jeo,jeu,jo,joe,jou,ju
• g,ge,gé,gen,geo,gié,go,gou,gu

Inherited fromLate Latineo, fromClassical Latinegō̆.

je

1. I
   • c.1176,Chrétien de Troyes,Cligès:

     qantje vos voi de tel meniere

     when I see you in such a state

• “je”, inDEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français,Heidelberg:Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften,1968-.

• IPA^(key):/ˈjɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-ɛ
• Syllabification:je

je

1. accusative ofone
2. accusative ofono

• Appendix:Polish pronouns

je

1. third-personsingularpresentindicative ofjeść

je

1. (colloquial)third-personsingularpresentindicative ofbyć

CompareLithuanianjei.

je

1. if

• “Žemaičių Žodynas”, inŽemaičių žemė‎^[7] (overall work in Lithuanian),2012, page19: “Je — jeigu, jei”

FromOld Frisianjē, fromProto-West Germanic*jā. Cognates includeWest Frisianja andGermanja.Doublet ofjee andjä.

• IPA^(key):/jə/
• Hyphenation:je
• Rhymes:-ə

je

1. Used to intensify a statement to express it is a known fact;obviously,of course

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “je”, inSaterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske,→ISBN

• IPA^(key):/je/

Shortened fromjȅst(“is”).

je ? (Cyrillic spellingје)

1. is (cliticthird-personsingularpresent ofbȉti(“to be”))

je (Cyrillic spellingје)

1. ofher (cliticgenitivesingular ofòna(“she”))
2. her (cliticaccusativesingular ofòna(“she”))

• IPA^(key):[je]

The olderjest,derived fromProto-Slavic*estь, fromProto-Indo-European*h₁es-.

je

1. third-personsingularpresentindicative ofbyť

• jestvovať

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*ěstь, 3rd person singular present form of*ěsti(“to eat”). See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

je

1. third-personsingularpresentindicative ofjesť

• IPA^(key):/jɛ́/

jȅ

1. third-personsingularpresent ofbíti

• IPA^(key):/jèː/

jẹ́

1. third-personsingularpresent ofjẹ́sti

• Audio(Kenya):

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je

1. well?now?(used to call attention to a question)

Je precedes the question, and is more commonly used in writing (to supplement for what is usually conveyed by tone of voice in speech).

-je

1. Aclitic placed at the end of a verb, meaninghow.

   umelalaje?

   how did you sleep?

Clipping ofwaje.

• IPA^(key):/d͡ʒe/

je

1. Alternative form ofwaje(“complementizer, that”)

   ana iwajeje kolano osone ―they saythat the king is dead

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001)A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

• IPA^(key):/ʒe/

je (definite accusativejeyi,pluraljeler)

1. The name of theLatin-script letterJ/j.

• (Latin-script letter names)harf;a,be,ce,çe,de,e,fe,ge,yumuşak ge,he,ı,i,je,ke,le,me,ne,o,ö,pe,re,se,şe,te,u,ü,ve,ye,ze

• IPA^(key):/d͡ʒe/

je (definite accusativejeni,pluraljeler)

1. The name of theLatin-script letterJ/j.

• IPA^(key):/ˈjɛ/
• Rhymes:-ɛ
• Syllabification:je

je

1. third-personsingularpresent ofbyć

   Wónje zadołženy.

   Heis in debt.

• IPA^(key):/dʒeː/

je f (pluraljeau,not mutable)

1. The name of theLatin-script letterJ/j.

• (Latin-script letter names)llythyren;a,bi,ec,èch,di,èdd,e,èf,èff,èg,eng,aetsh,i /i dot,je,ce,el,èll,em,en,o,pi,ffi,ciw,er,rhi,ès,ti,èth,u /u bedol /u gwpan,fi,w,ecs,y,sèd

• IPA^(key):/ˈd͡ʒe/

je

1. attaches to pronouns to form the dual

   inije ―youtwo

   emeje ―theytwo

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982)The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[8], Pacific linguistics