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dae

dae

See also: DAE, da'e, , -dä, and d.ä.

Afrikaans

Noun

dae

  1. plural of dag

Limburgish

Etymology

Related to they.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dæː˨]

Pronoun

dae

  1. (personal) he.

Inflection

Impolite Polite
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
nominative dae, d'r, t'r, 'r dee die hae die die
genitive daer dier dier dem zien dier dier
locative daes dies dies dems dies dies
vocative
dative 'm die die dem die die
accusative¹ 'n die dien den dien dien
  • Accusative is nowadays obsolete, use dative instead.

Pijin

Etymology

English die

Verb

dae

  1. To die

Scots

Verb

dae (third-person singular present dis, present participle daein, past did, past participle din)

  1. to do
    Fit ye deein? (Doric)
    Whit ye daein? (Central Scots)
    What ee daein? (South Scots)

Derived terms

Verb

dae (third-person singular present dis, past did)

  1. (South Scots), (Doric) indicates an affirmation of something (example is in South Scots)
    A div sei what ee'r on aboot!
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes

The second form of this verb also occurs in the North East of England. The first form of the verb is A dae in the first person singular whereas the second is A div.

Synonyms

  • dee (Geordie)