aé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ae"

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi a'e, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aʔe (“he”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈʔɛ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧é
  • Rhymes: -ɛ

Pronoun

aé

  1. (first-class) third-person singular personal pronoun (he, him, she, her, it)
    Aé mira. Aé usasá puranga.
    He is a person. He does well.
    Indé reputari reyuká aé.
    You want to kill him.

Usage notes

  • As a first-class pronoun, aé is used as the subject (with the exception of second-class verbs, which are sometimes referred to as adjectives) and as the object of a sentence. Unlike other first-class pronouns, aé is not used with the postposition arama.

See also

Nheengatu personal pronouns
singular first-class pronoun second-class pronoun
first-person ixé se
second-person indé ne
third-person aé i
plural first-class pronoun second-class pronoun
first-person yandé yané
second-person penhẽ pe
third-person aintá (or tá) aintá (or tá)

References

Old French

Noun

aé m or f

  1. Alternative form of eé (“age”)
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