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#: '''''Man''' kidt e...'' ("It is said that…") | #: '''''Man''' kidt e...'' ("It is said that…") | ||
=====Usage notes===== | =====Usage notes===== | ||
* '''''Man''''' is only used in the nominative case; for the oblique cases, forms of the pronoun ''{{term|en#Niemish|en}}'' are used. For example: '''''Man''' ne mach all tids toje, hat <u> | * '''''Man''''' is only used in the nominative case; for the oblique cases, forms of the pronoun ''{{term|en#Niemish|en}}'' are used. For example: '''''Man''' ne mach all tids toje, hat <u>en</u> szwegen makt.'' ("'''One''' cannot always do what makes <u>one</u> happy"). | ||
[[Category:Niemish pronouns]] | [[Category:Niemish pronouns]] | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
Revision as of 00:12, 6 December 2022
Niemish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /man/
Etymology
From Gothic manna. Doublet of mànn ("man").
Pronoun
² màn n.m. hard stem
- one, someone, they, an unspecified individual or group of people: indefinite personal pronoun
- Man kidt e... ("It is said that…")
Usage notes
- Man is only used in the nominative case; for the oblique cases, forms of the pronoun en are used. For example: Man ne mach all tids toje, hat en szwegen makt. ("One cannot always do what makes one happy").
Pronunciation
- IPA: /maːn/
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mainą.
Noun
² mán n.n. syncopating hard stem
- false witness, perjury
Declension
| declension of mán (mh declension, uncountable) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | ||
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mán | mánat |
| genitive | mä́ns | mä́nes |
| dative | mán | mánum |