ynë

See also: -yne, -yně, and yne

Albanian

Etymology

From i (masculine definite article) + në (from ne, first person plural pronoun). Compare jonë, from jo (original form of the feminine definite article, weakened to -a) + në. Old accusative form tënë from të+në. Compare the accusative pronoun atë. Old dative-genitive masculine tinë from ti (today would've yielded ty, compare the possessive adjective for relatives tyt as in tyt vëllai and the dative pronoun atij. Old ablative masculine sinë from si (surviving in the antiquated pronoun asi) +në.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈynə/, [yːn]

Determiner

ynë m (feminine jonë, masculine plural tanë, feminine plural tona)

  1. our

Declension

Declension of
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative jonë tanë tona
accusative tonë tonë tanë tona
genitive/dative/ablative tonë sonë tanë tona

See also

Albanian possessive determiners and pronouns
determiners pronouns
singular plural singular plural
1st person im ynë imi yni
2nd person yt juaj yti juaji
3rd person m i tij i tyre i tiji i tyri
f i saj i saji
3rd person reflexive i vet i veti

Further reading

  • “ynë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “ynë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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