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See also: Appendix:Variations of "n"

English

Conjunction

n'

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ’n’.

Asturian

Etymology

Contraction of the preposition en (“in”)

Preposition

n'

  1. in

Usage notes

  • The preposition en contracts to n' before a word beginning with a vowel or h: n'Asturies (in Asturias), n'honor (in honor)

Catalan

Pronoun

n'

  1. contraction of en

Usage notes

  • n' is the elided (elida) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with a vowel.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
singular 1st
person 		standard jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd
person 		standard tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd
person 		m ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
f ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
n ho -ho li -li seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd
person 		standard vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd
person 		m ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
f elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi

1 Behaves grammatically as plural.   2 Behaves grammatically as third person.
3 Only as object of a preposition.   4 Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n‿/
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Contraction

n'

  1. Prevocalic form of ne.

Further reading

Italian

Adverb

n' (apocopated)

  1. apocopic form of ne

Pronoun

n' (apocopated)

  1. apocopic form of ne

Usage notes

  • Rarely elides, except before essere, è, era etc. It sometimes elides before i or e, especially when following another unstressed pronoun.

See also

Italian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Combined Disjunctive Locative Partitive
Singular first — io mi, m', -mi me me —
second — tu ti, t', -ti te te
third m lui si2, s', -si lo, l', -lo gli, -gli glie, se2 lui, sé ci, c',
vi, v' (formal) 		ne, n'
f lei, Lei1 la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 lei, Lei1, sé
Plural first — noi ci, c', -ci ce noi —
second — voi, Voi4 vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 ve voi, Voi4
third m loro, Loro1 si, s', -si li, Li1, -li, -Li1 gli, -gli, loro (formal),
Loro1 		glie, se loro, Loro1, sé ci, c',
vi, v' (formal) 		ne, n'
f le, Le1, -le, -Le1
1 Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
2 Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3 Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
4 Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

Ladin

Article

n' f

  1. an, a

Synonyms

See also

Middle French

Adverb

n' (apocopate)

  1. (before vowel sound) apocopic form of ne

Usage notes

  • The apostrophe may be omitted in older manuscripts
    ilz nen parlerent ― they weren't speaking about it

Neapolitan

Article

n'

  1. contraction of na
  2. contraction of nu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Preposition

n’

  1. alternative form of em (used before words beginning in a vowel, archaic except before a facultative contraction containing part of a proper name)
    Os trechos a seguir aparecem n'Os Lusíadas.
    The following excerpts appear in Os Lusíadas.

Saterland Frisian

Article

n'

  1. alternative spelling of n

Spanish

Preposition

n’

  1. (archaic, before vowels or h) alternative form of en

Tooro

Pronunciation

Conjunction

n'

  1. (before a vowel) apocopic form of na
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