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English

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

't

  1. (archaic or eye dialect) Contraction of it.
  2. (eye dialect) Contraction of that.
    • 2006 February 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, season 1, episode 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

Afrikaans

Verb

't

  1. (uncommon) Contraction of het.

Pronoun

't

  1. (uncommon) Contraction of dit.

Catalan

Pronoun

't

  1. Contraction of te.

Usage notes

  • 't is the reduced (reduïda) form of the pronoun. It is used after verbs ending with a vowel.
    Fixa't.Take note.

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

Article

't

  1. Contraction of het (the).
    Dan houdt 't verhaal opThen the story ends.
    Waar in 't veld staat hij?Where on the pitch is he?
    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

't

  1. Contraction of het (it).
    't Is al laatIt's late already.
    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 't Kan beter. (It could be better.)

Inflection

Limburgish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Contraction of het.

Article

't n

  1. the, it

Pronoun

't n

  1. Reduced form of het (it)
Declension

Etymology 2

Contraction of het, itself derived from det.

Pronoun

't f

  1. Reduced form of het (she)
Declension

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

't

  1. Alternative form of et

Usage notes

  • Chiefly used before and after vowels, but never obligatory.

Declension

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Conjunction

't (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔)

  1. Contraction of at, after a word ending in a vowel, primarily used as a clitic in informal writing or recorded speech.

Derived terms

Zealandic

Determiner

't

  1. neuter singular of de