vem
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Galician
Verb
vem
- (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of ver
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of vir:
Latvian
Verb
vem
- inflection of vemt:
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin venīt. Cognate with Galician vén and Spanish viene. Also compare with tem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
- Homophones: vêm (Brazil), bem (Porto)
- Hyphenation: vem
Verb
vem
Swedish
Alternative forms
- hvem (obsolete since 1906)
Etymology
From Old Norse hveim, dative of hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
vem c (genitive vems, plural vilka, plural genitive vilkas)
Usage notes
- In earlier Swedish, vem (spelt hvem) was the oblique case form of ho, corresponding to the difference between English who and whom. Unlike in English, where the oblique form gives way to the nominative, the reverse has happened in Swedish.
Derived terms
- vem helst, vemhelst
- vem som
- vem som helst, vemsomhelst
Related terms
References
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