Je

Table of contents

1 Bosnian 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Alternate spellings 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Verb 1.5 Auxiliary Verb 1.5.1 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Personal pronoun 2.2.1 Translations 2.3 Derivation 2.4 Possessive pronoun 2.4.1 Translations 3 Esperanto 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Preposition 3.2.1 Related expressions 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Personal pronoun 5 German 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Adverb 5.2.1 Related expressions 6 Slovak 6.1 Verb 6.2 Verb

Bosnian

Etymology

Short form of jest, jeste , from Old Church Slavonic єстъ (estĭ).

Alternate spellings

• је Cyrillic

Pronunciation

IPA	/je/
X-SAMPA

Verb

1. clitic third person singular, present tense of biti 'to be'.

Auxiliary Verb

1. clitic third person singular, used in forming past tenses with -l participles.

Translations

see under is

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Dutch

Etymology

Unstressed form of jij.

Personal pronoun

je (stressed jij)

1. second person subject pronoun; you

Translations

see under you

Derivation

Unstressed form of jouw .

Possessive pronoun

je (stressed jouw )

1. second person possessive adjective; your

Translations

see under your

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA	/je/
X-SAMPA

Preposition

je

1. with indetermined meaning

Related expressions

• je la tria
• je mia bedaŭro

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French

Etymology

Old French gié , je, from Latin ego, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵoH. Near cognates include Spanish yo and Italian io. Further cognates include Ancient Greek ἐγώ .

Pronunciation

IPA	/ʒə/
SAMPA	/Z@/

Personal pronoun

je (object me, emphatic moi)

1. first person singular, subject case, I.

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German

Etymology

Possibly from common Germanic *jai, from Proto-Indo-European *yāi, extended from a pronominal root *i-; near cognates including English yea and Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹 "truly".

Adverb

je

1. ever

Related expressions

• je länger je lieber
• je nachdem

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Slovak

Verb

je

1. third person singular of byť (to be), i.e. is

Verb

je

1. third person singular of jesť (to eat), i.e. eats