je

je

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Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /je/

Verb

je

  1. second-person singular present indicative of jam

Bassa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʒe]

Noun

je

  1. jealousy
  2. a kind of lizard

References

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

Blagar

Noun

je

  1. canoe

References

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

Bourguignon

Alternative forms

  • i (normal form)

Etymology

The traditional form is i but je is found as early as in the first recorded texts in Bourguignon. However nowadays, it is rare to find it, most speakers saying i as it is a typical feature of Bourguignon.

Pronoun

je

  1. (rare) Alternative form of i

Related terms

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jь, *ja, *je, originally from Proto-Indo-European *eno-, *ono-, *no-.

Pronoun

je

  1. third-person plural accusative of on
  2. third-person plural accusative of ona
  3. third-person singular/plural accusative of ono
See also
  • ně

Etymology 2

Formerly jest, from Proto-Slavic *estь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-.

Verb

je

  1. third-person singular present indicative of být

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jə/

Etymology 1

Pronoun

je

  1. subjective unstressed form of jij (“you (singular)”)
    Wat doe je daar? ― What are you doing there?
  2. objective unstressed form of jij (“you (singular)”)
    Ik doe dit wel voor je. ― I'll do this for you.
  3. subjective unstressed form of jullie (“you (plural), y'all”)
    Wat doe je daar? ― What are you doing there?
  4. objective unstressed form of jullie (“you (plural), y'all”)
    Ik doe dit wel voor je. ― I'll do this for you.
  5. (indefinite personal pronoun, informal) one, people, you, someone, anyone; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object)
    Je mag hier niet zwemmen. ― Swimming is not allowed here.
    In dat restaurant kun je heerlijk eten. ― There is great food to be had in that restaurant.
  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, maar je zoekt toch naar een oplossing. ― I did go through a difficult period, but I looked for a solution nonetheless.
Usage notes
  • When je is the unstressed subjective form of jullie, it is construed with a singular verb. Compare:
  • In informal language, je often replaces jij, jou, and jouw, with those forms used for emphasis or contrast.
Declension
Descendants
  • Jersey Dutch: je

Etymology 2

Determiner

je (second person, possessive)

  1. possessive unstressed form of jij (“you (singular)”): your (singular)
    Neem je boek en maak die oefening. ― Take your book and do that exercise.
  2. possessive unstressed form of jullie (“you (plural), y'all”): your (plural), y'all's
    Neem je boeken en maak die oefening. ― Take your books and do that exercise.
Declension

Etymology 3

Pronoun

je (second person, reflexive)

  1. reflexive of jij (“you (singular)”): yourself
    Heb je je gewassen? ― Did you wash yourself?
  2. reflexive of jullie (“you (plural), y'all”): yourselves
    Hebben jullie je goed voorbereid? ― Have you all prepared yourselves well?
Declension

Esperanto

Etymology

From German je (“ever, per”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /je/
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: je

Preposition

je

  1. An all-purpose preposition.

Usage notes

The preposition je 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 typed using the computer.)
"She'll be here in a minute." (She'll be here within or after a minute.)

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

Donu ĝin je [al] mi. — “Give it to me.”
Donu ĝin je [el] mi. — “Give it from me.”
Donu ĝin je [kun] mi. — “Give it with me.”

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

La kato saltis je [sur] la tablon. — “The cat jumped onto the table.”
La kato saltis je [sub] la tablon. — “The cat jumped under the table.”
La kato saltis je [malantaŭ] la tablon. — “The cat jumped behind the table.”

Related terms

  • je la tria
  • je mia bedaŭro

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin eo.

Pronoun

je (prevocalic j', postpositive -jo) (ORB, broad)

  1. I (first-person singular nominative)

See also

References

  • je in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • je in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

From Middle French je, from Old French je, from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

je (first person singular, plural nous, object me, emphatic moi, possessive determiner mon)

  1. I

Usage notes

  • When several pronouns are included in the same sentence, it is considered impolite to say the pronoun je first; it must be the last one, and tu must be said after third persons (this applies also for toi and moi):

Derived terms

  • j’

Related terms

Further reading

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

Garo

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Bengali যেই (jei)

Pronoun

je

  1. that which
  2. whatever
  3. whoever

References

  • Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎[4], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 56

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ie, from Old High German io.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeː/
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Homophone: jäh (regional)

Adverb

je

  1. ever
  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

Derived terms

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

Further reading

  • “je” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883) “je”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From earlier zye, from Saint Dominican Creole French z'yeu, from French les yeux (“the eyes”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒe/

Noun

je

  1. eye
    Alternative form: zye

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛː/
  • Rhymes: -ɛː

Etymology 1

Shortening of Jesús (“Jesus”).

Interjection

je

  1. oh my!
Derived terms
  • je minn eini

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English yeah.

Interjection

je

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

Etymology 3

Noun

je n (genitive singular jes, nominative plural je)

  1. (obsolete) name of the letter J, j
    Synonym: joð
Declension

Ido

Etymology

From j +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒe/, /ʒɛ/

Noun

je (plural je-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter J/j.

See also

  • 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]

Igbo

Alternative forms

  • jee (Onitsha)

Verb

je

  1. go
  2. walk

Derived terms

  • ije

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch jee. Doublet of ye. Represented Dutch-derived J (pronounced /j/, modern Y) before 1972.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒe/, [d͡ʒe]

Noun

jé (plural je-je)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.
  2. (1901–1947, 1947–1972) Superseded spelling of ye.

See also

  • (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

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

je (Rome and central Italy)

  1. Alternative form of gli (3rd-person dative pronoun)

Japanese

Romanization

je

  1. The katakana syllable ジェ (je) in Hepburn-like romanization.
  2. The katakana syllable ヂェ (je) in Hepburn-like romanization.

Jersey Dutch

Alternative forms

  • jāi

Etymology

From Dutch je.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jə/

Pronoun

je

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

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ô, *jô; compare Apalaí je, Trió je, Wayana je, Waiwai yo, Akawaio ö, Macushi ye, Pemon ye, Ye'kwana yedü / dhedü, Yao (South America) hoieelii.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

je (possessed jery)

  1. tooth
  2. sharpness

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[5], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 285
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ye”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 548; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[6], Paris, 1956, page 537

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • nje (after a preposition)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛ/

Pronoun

je

  1. accusative of wóni

Malay

Etymology 1

Phonetic spelling of ja in Johor-Riau Malay, clipping of sahaja or saja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒə/
  • Rhymes: -ə

Adverb

je

  1. (informal) Alternative form of sahaja.

Etymology 2

From English jay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe/ [ˈd͡ʒe]

Noun

jé (plural je-je)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.
Synonyms
  • je (Indonesian)
  • jim (Jawi letter name)
See also
  • (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

Marshallese

Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *tia, from Proto-Oceanic *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

je

  1. abdomen
  2. stomach
  3. innard

References

  • Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Mbyá Guaraní

Particle

je

  1. indicates hearsay or indirect source of information.

Middle French

Pronoun

je

  1. Alternative form of ie

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

jê

  1. Alternative form of gî.

Mokilese

Verb

je

  1. to shout

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Norse jak.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

je (accusative meg or (dialectal) me)

  1. (pre-1938 or dialectal) alternative form of eg (“I”)

See also

Old Czech

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

je

  1. singular accusative of ono

Old French

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Pronoun

je

  1. I

Descendants

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Pronoun

je

  1. accusative of one
  2. accusative of ono

See also

  • Appendix:Polish pronouns

Etymology 2

Verb

je

  1. third-person singular present indicative of jeść

Etymology 3

Verb

je

  1. (colloquial) third-person singular present indicative of być

Samogitian

Etymology

Compare Lithuanian jei.

Conjunction

je

  1. if

References

  • “Žemaičių Žodynas”, in Žemaičių žemė‎[7] (overall work in Lithuanian), 2012, page 19: “Je — jeigu, jei”

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian jē, from Proto-West Germanic *jā. Cognates include West Frisian ja and German ja. Doublet of jee and jä.

Pronunciation

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

Particle

je

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

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /je/

Etymology 1

Shortened from jȅst (“is”).

Verb

je ? (Cyrillic spelling је)

  1. is (clitic third-person singular present of bȉti (“to be”))

Etymology 2

Pronoun

je (Cyrillic spelling је)

  1. of her (clitic genitive singular of òna (“she”))
  2. her (clitic accusative singular of òna (“she”))
Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [je]

Etymology 1

The older jest, derived from Proto-Slavic *estь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-.

Verb

je

  1. third-person singular present indicative of byť
Related terms
  • jestvovať

Etymology 2

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

Verb

je

  1. third-person singular present indicative of jesť

Slovene

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /jɛ́/

Verb

jȅ

  1. third-person singular present of bíti

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /jèː/

Verb

jẹ́

  1. third-person singular present of jẹ́sti

Swahili

Pronunciation

Particle

je

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

Usage notes

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

Adverb

-je

  1. A clitic placed at the end of a verb, meaning how.
    umelalaje?
    how did you sleep?

Ternate

Etymology

Clipping of waje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒe/

Conjunction

je

  1. Alternative form of waje (“complementizer, that”)
    ana iwaje je kolano osone ― they say that the king is dead

References

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

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒe/

Noun

je (definite accusative jeyi, plural jeler)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

See also

  • (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

Turkmen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒe/

Noun

je (definite accusative jeni, plural jeler)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

Declension

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

je

  1. third-person singular present of być

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒeː/

Noun

je f (plural jeau, not mutable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

See also

  • (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

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe/

Numeral

je

  1. attaches to pronouns to form the dual
    ini je ― you two
    eme je ― they two

References

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

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