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nemad

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *nämä, from Proto-Uralic *nä. Cognate with Finnish nämä.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnemɑd̥/, [ˈnemɑd̥]
  • Rhymes: -emɑd
  • Hyphenation: ne‧mad

Pronoun

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nemad (short form nad)

  1. they
    Nemad saabusid oma kohtumisele hilja.
    They arrived late for their appointment.

Declension

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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

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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

References

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  • nemad in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • nemad”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012