тебе

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See also: тёбе

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

те́бе (tébe)

  1. full form of the second-person singular pronoun in the accusative case, used as the direct object of a verb; you
    Търсех Георги, а намерих тебе.
    Tǎrseh Georgi, a namerih tebe.
    I was looking for Georgi and I found you.
  2. the second-person singular pronoun in the prepositional case, used as the object of a preposition; you
    Не мога да живея без тебе.
    Ne moga da živeja bez tebe.
    I can't live without you.
    От тебе зависи.
    Ot tebe zavisi.
    It's up to you.
  3. (dated) full form of the second-person singular pronoun in the dative case, used as the indirect object of a verb; to you, for you, you
    Слава Тебе, Господи!
    Slava Tebe, Gospodi!
    Glory be to thee!, O Lord!/Thank God!/Thank goodness
    Тебе поръчаха да занесеш писмото.
    Tebe porǎčaha da zaneseš pismoto.
    They ordered you to take the letter.

Usage notes

  • The full dative form is considered outdated and is usually substituted by the preposition на (na) and the accusative form:
    На тебе поръчаха да занесеш писмото.
    Na tebe porǎčaha da zaneseš pismoto.
    They ordered you to take the letter.

Related terms

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

тебе (tebe)

  1. Long direct object form of ти (ti).
  2. Long indirect object form of ти (ti).

Old Church Slavonic

Pronoun

тебе (tebe)

  1. genitive of тꙑ (ty)

Declension

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tebě.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

тебе́ (tebé)

  1. dative/prepositional of ты (ty)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /têbe/
  • Hyphenation: те‧бе

Pronoun

те̏бе (Latin spelling tȅbe)

  1. of you (genitive singular of ти̑ (you))
  2. you (accusative singular of ти̑ (you))

Declension

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • тебе́: IPA(key):
  • те́бе: IPA(key): (after prepositions)
  • Hyphenation: те‧бе

Pronoun

тебе́ or те́бе (tebé or tébe)

  1. genitive/accusative of ти (ty, you)

Usage notes

The alternative form те́бе (with stress retraction onto the first syllable) is used after prepositions.