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-hem
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Appendix:Variations of "hem"
Albanian
Alternative forms
sq -hna Gheg
sq -hëm dialectal Gheg
sq -nem dialectal Tosk
Etymology
sq -hem is the Tosk and Standard Albanian variant of the Gheg personal suffix sq -hna I, me. Compound of mediopassive marker h + sq -em I, me personal suffix. Indicating 1st person singular (mediopassive, present). Used the same way as Greek verb and personal suffix "-μαι/-mai" (also 1st pers., sg., mediopassive, indicative, present).
See Albanian sq -em for more.
Pronunciation
sq /hɛm/ (Standard)
sq /hem/
Suffix
sq suffix
suffix used for 1st person singular (mediopassive voice) - indicative, present form. Not used for verbs ending with h- (such as sq shpreh, sq eh, etc.; in this case suffix sq -em is used)
Forms verbs in mediopassive voice from active voice
active sq bëj I do, make, appear + sq -hem → mediopassive sq bëhem I become, turn into
Forms mediopassive verbs from adjectives
adjective sq shkurt short + o-stem + sq -hem → mediopassive verb sq shkurtohem I become shorter
Derived terms
sq
Related terms
sq -em
sq -hna
sq -na