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Appendix:Variations of "t"
English
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-'t.wav US
Pronoun
en archaic _ or _ pronunciation spelling en it.
II i 6 2 He could not miſſe't.
II iv 217 1 Then marke th’inducement. Thus it came; giue heede too’t:
en W[illiam] G[eorge] Thorpe Early Life and School Days The Still Life of the Middle Temple with Some of Its Table Talk Preceded by Fifty Years’ Reminiscences London Richard Bentley and SonPublishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen 1892 3 https://archive.org/details/stilllifeofmiddl00thoriala/stilllifeofmiddl00thoriala/page/3/mode/1up There are few names to which a jingle or a joke cannot be fitted—witness, Twining, banker and tea-dealer: / ‘Twining would be whining / Were’t not for his tea;’ / and the ex-Lord Mayor, Sir John Key, where the inherent rhyme to ‘donkey’ verjuiced the baronetcy.
en pronunciation spelling en that.
en Feb 3 2006 w:Graham Linehan w:The IT Crowd 1 2 What was all that about?Well, like all women, she's shoe-mad.'t’s a bit sexist, isn't it?Do you know one woman who isn't obsessed with shoes?No, but I only know one woman. And she just left the room shouting "THE SHOES!"
Derived terms
en as't by't do't for't in't into't is't on't to't 'twas 'twasn't 'twere 'tweren't 'tis 'tisn't 'twill 'twon't 'tshall 'twould 'twou'd 'twouldn't 'twou'dn't upon't was't with't
Afrikaans
Verb
af contraction
af uncommon af het
Pronoun
af contraction
af uncommon af dit
Catalan
Pronoun
ca te
Usage notes
reduced
ca Fixa't. Take note.
Declension
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /ət/ /t/
nl Nl-'t.ogg
Article
nl article
nl het the
nl Dan houdt t verhaal op. 1 Then the story ends.
nl Waar in t veld staat hij? Where on the pitch is he?
nl Wat ga je in t weekend doen? What are you up to this weekend?
Also used in names: Jacobus Henricus van t Hoff (Nobel laureate in chemistry)
Pronoun
nl pronoun
nl het it
nl t Is al laat. 1 It's late already.
nl Kan je t goed zien? Can you see it well?
Usage notes
Common in spoken Dutch. Other than in names, het is usually written in full in written Dutch.
t is never capitalised, even before a proper noun or at the start of sentences. Instead, the following word is capitalised, as in nl t Kan beter. It could be better.
Declension
Ilocano
Alternative forms
ilo -t' -t t'
Etymology
ilo ti.
Pronunciation
Article
particle
Contraction of ilo ti.
ilo Misa a Sangkagimongan The Order of Mass Amami ng adda't sadi langit Our father in heaven xlvi
Limburgish
Pronunciation
li /ət/
li /‿t/ enclitic after a vowel
Etymology 1
li het.
Article
li article n
the, it
Pronoun
li pronoun n
li Reduced form het it
Declension
Etymology 2
li het, itself derived from li det.
Pronoun
li pronoun f
li Reduced form het she
Declension
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
lb /t/
Pronoun
lb pronoun personal pronouns
lb et
Usage notes
Chiefly used before and after vowels, but never obligatory.
Declension
North Frisian
Pronoun
frr pronoun
frr Föhr-Amrum Mooring Sylt frr Reduced form hat it subject
frr Föhr-Amrum frr Reduced form hat she subject
frr Föhr-Amrum Mooring frr Reduced form ham it object
frr Föhr-Amrum frr Reduced form ham her object
frr Sylt frr Reduced form höm it object
Usage notes
The form frr 't is enclitic after a verb or conjunction, unlike frr at, et, which are unstressed, but can occur in all positions.
Alternative forms
it frr at Föhr-Amrum, frr et Mooring Sylt
she; her frr 's Mooring Sylt
See also
Tagalog
tl :from<text:contraction of> at
Pronunciation
Conjunction
conjunction +
tl at
Usage notes
Only used after a word ending in a vowel or n, primarily used as a clitic
Derived terms
tl iba't iba bagama't datapwa't baro't saya sapagka't simula't sapol buto't balat hubo't hubad dugo't pawis dugo't laman
Zealandic
Determiner
zea determiner form
zea de n s