'a
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "a"
English
Pronoun
'a
Verb
'a
Particle
'a
- Alternative form of a (“to”)
- 1955, Russell Ames, “The Open Road, the Chain Gang, and the Jail”, in The Story of American Folk Song (The Listener’s Music Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, published 1960, →OCLC, page 248:
- Say, these stripes, stripes sure don’t worry me. But these chains, chains goin’ ’a kill me dead.
- 2009, Jennifer Worth, “The Captain’s Daughter”, in Farewell to the East End, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, page 237:
- Well, this one’s ’ere all right. Captain’s wife or somefink, the mate says. Least, that’s what I think he’s tryin’ ’a say, because he can’t speak no English.
- 2014, R[oger] N. Morris, chapter 11, in The Dark Palace (A Silas Quinn Mystery; 3), Sutton, Surrey: Crème de la Crime, →ISBN, Part 1 (Love), page 50:
- So while we’re all distracted tryin’ ’a fix it all – that’s when they strike.
French
Article
’a f sg
Guaraní
Pronunciation
Noun
'a
Verb
'a (intransitive, irregular)
Conjugation
singular | plural | |||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person inclusive |
1st person exclusive |
2nd person | 3rd person | ||
active | ||||||||
indicative | che ha'a | nde re'a | ha'e ho'a | ñande ja'a | ore ro'a | peẽ pe'a | ha'ekuéra ho'a/ho'a hikuái | |
hortative | ta'a che | tere'a nde | to'a ha'e | taja'a ñande | taro'a ore | tape'a peẽ | to'a ha'ekuéra/hikuái | |
imperative | - | he'a | - | - | - | pe'a | - | |
passive | ||||||||
indicative | che aje'a | nde reje'a | ha'e oje'a | ñande jaje'a | ore roje'a | peẽ peje'a | ha'ekuéra oje'a/oje'a hikuái | |
hortative | taje'a che | tereje'a nde | toje'a ha'e | tajaje'a ñande | taroje'a ore | tapeje'a peẽ | toje'a ha'ekuéra/hikuái | |
imperative | - | eje'a | - | - | - | peje'a | - | |
reciprocal | ||||||||
indicative | - | - | - | ñande jajo'a | ore rojo'a | peẽ pejo'a | ha'ekuéra hojo'a/hojo'a hikuái | |
hortative | - | - | - | tajajo'a ñande | tarojo'a ore | tapejo'a peẽ | tojo'a ha'ekuéra/hikuái | |
imperative | - | - | - | - | - | pejo'a | - | |
coactive | ||||||||
indicative | che hambo'a | nde rembo'a | ha'e hombo'a | ñande ñambo'a | ore rombo'a | peẽ pembo'a | ha'ekuéra hombo'a/hombo'a hikuái | |
hortative | tambo'a che | terembo'a nde | tombo'a ha'e | tañambo'a ñande | tarombo'a ore | tapembo'a peẽ | tombo'a ha'ekuéra/hikuái | |
imperative | - | hembo'a | - | - | - | pembo'a | - | |
objective | ||||||||
indicative | che haro'a/haguero'a | nde rero'a/reguero'a | ha'e horo'a/hoguero'a | ñande jaro'a/jaguero'a | ore roro'a/roguero'a | peẽ pero'a/peguero'a | ha'ekuéra horo'a/hoguero'a//horo'a/hoguero'a hikuái | |
hortative | taro'a/taguero'a che | terero'a/tereguero'a nde | toro'a/toguero'a ha'e | tajaro'a/tajaguero'a ñande | taroro'a/taroguero'a ore | tapero'a/tapeguero'a peẽ | toro'a/toguero'a ha'ekuéra/hikuái | |
imperative | - | hero'a/heguero'a | - | - | - | pero'a/peguero'a | - | |
subsumptive¹ | ||||||||
indicative | che haporo'a/hamba'e'a | nde reporo'a/remba'e'a | ha'e hoporo'a/homba'e'a | ñande japoro'a/ñamba'e'a | ore roporo'a/romba'e'a | peẽ peporo'a/pemba'e'a | ha'ekuéra hoporo'a/homba'e'a//hoporo'a/homba'e'a hikuái | |
hortative | taporo'a/tamba'e'a che | tereporo'a/teremba'e'a nde | toporo'a/tomba'e'a ha'e | tajaporo'a/tañamba'e'a ñande | taroporo'a/taromba'e'a ore | tapeporo'a/tapemba'e'a peẽ | toporo'a/tomba'e'a ha'ekuéra/hikuái | |
imperative | - | heporo'a/hemba'e'a | - | - | - | peporo'a/pemba'e'a | - | |
¹: the subsumptive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals. |
Conjugation of 'a
Mbyá Guaraní
Etymology 1
Noun
'a
Possessed forms
Possessed forms of 'a
Etymology 2
Noun
'a
Possessed forms
Possessed forms of 'a
Etymology 3
Verb
'a
Conjugation
Conjugation of 'a
References
- Robert A. Dooley (2016 August) “'a”, in Léxico guarani, dialeto mbyá: guarani-português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 3
Neapolitan
Etymology 1
From Old Neapolitan la.
Article
'a f (definite)
Pronoun
'a f
- her (accusative)
Coordinate terms
nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | possessive | prepositional | |||
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singular | first person | io (i') | me | mìo, mìa, mieje, meje | me, méne | |||
second person |
familiar | tu | te | tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje | te, téne | |||
formal | vuje | ve | vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste | vuje | ||||
third person |
m | ìsso | 'o, 'u (lo, lu) | 'i, 'e (li, le) | se | sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje | ìsso | |
f | éssa | 'a (la) | 'e (le) | éssa | ||||
plural | first person | nuje | ce | nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste | nuje | |||
second person | vuje | ve | vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste | vuje | ||||
third person |
m | ìsse | 'i, 'e (li, le) | llòro | se | llòro (invariable) | llòro | |
f | llòro | 'e (le) |
Etymology 2
From Old Neapolitan da, from Latin de ab.
Alternative forms
Preposition
'a
See also
Old Tupi
Tarantino
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