From Proto-Finnic *tek. "Teie" is a newer nominative form, deriving from the genitive: *teiden.
teie (short form te)
| Declension of teie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd person | singular | plural | ||
| long | short | long | short | |
| nominative | sina | sa | teie | te |
| genitive | sinu | su | teie | te |
| partitive | sind | teid | ||
| illative | sinusse | susse | teisse | |
| inessive | sinus | sus | teis | |
| elative | sinust | sust | teist | |
| allative | sinule | sulle | teile | |
| adessive | sinul | sul | teil | |
| ablative | sinult | sult | teilt | |
| translative | sinuks | – | teieks | teiks |
| terminative | sinuni | – | teieni | – |
| essive | sinuna | – | teiena | – |
| abessive | sinuta | – | teieta | – |
| comitative | sinuga | suga | teiega | – |
| Estonian personal pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||
| long | short | long | short | ||
| 1st person | mina | ma | meie | me | |
| 2nd person | familiar | sina | sa | teie | te |
| polite | Teie | Te | |||
| 3rd person | animate | tema | ta | nemad | nad |
| inanimate | see | need | |||
teie (present tense teier, past tense tagde, past participle tagd, passive infinitive tagt, present participle teiande, imperative tei)
teie (present tense teier, past tense teidde, past participle teitt/teidd, passive infinitive teiast, present participle teiande, imperative tei)
teie f (definite singular teia, indefinite plural teier, definite plural teiene)
teie