nemad
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *nämä, from Proto-Uralic *nä. Cognate with Finnish nämä.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnemɑd̥/, [ˈnemɑd̥]
- Rhymes: -emɑd
- Hyphenation: ne‧mad
Pronoun
nemad (short form nad)
- they
- Nemad saabusid oma kohtumisele hilja.
- They arrived late for their appointment.
Declension
| Declension of the Estonian personal pronouns | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||||||
| long | short | long | short | long | short | long | short | long | short | long | short | |
| nominative | mina | ma | sina | sa | tema | ta | meie | me | teie | te | nemad | nad |
| genitive1 | minu | mu | sinu | su | tema | ta | meie | me | teie | te | nende | |
| partitive | mind | sind | teda | meid | teid | neid | ||||||
| illative | minusse | musse | sinusse | susse | temasse | tasse | – | meisse | – | teisse | nendesse | neisse |
| inessive | minus | mus | sinus | sus | temas | tas | – | meis | – | teis | nendes | neis |
| elative | minust | must | sinust | sust | temast | tast | – | meist | – | teist | nendest | neist |
| allative | minule | mulle | sinule | sulle | temale | talle | – | meile | – | teile | nendele | neile |
| adessive | minul | mul | sinul | sul | temal | tal | – | meil | – | teil | nendel | neil |
| ablative | minult | mult | sinult | sult | temalt | talt | – | meilt | – | teilt | nendelt | neilt |
| translative | minuks | – | sinuks | – | temaks | – | meieks | meiks | teieks | teiks | nendeks | neiks |
| terminative | minuni | – | sinuni | – | temani | – | meieni | – | teieni | – | nendeni | – |
| essive | minuna | – | sinuna | – | temana | – | meiena | – | teiena | – | nendena | – |
| abessive | minuta | – | sinuta | – | temata | – | meieta | – | teieta | – | nendeta | – |
| comitative | minuga | muga | sinuga | suga | temaga | taga | meiega | – | teiega | – | nendega | – |
| 1) Also used possessively. Forms in italics are nonstandard. | ||||||||||||
See also
| Estonian personal pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||
| long | short | long | short | ||
| 1st person | mina | ma | meie | me | |
| 2nd person | familiar | sina | sa | teie | te |
| polite | Teie | Te | |||
| 3rd person | animate | tema | ta | nemad | nad |
| inanimate | see | need | |||