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inte

See also: inté

Danish

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Adverb

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inte

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of ikke
    • 1926, Adolph Stender, Skovtrold, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      „Naa, og da de ikke fandt dig, gik du saa hjem?“ „Inte li'e stra's — for saa var'et jo, je' traf din Bro'r?“
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Ligurian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin intus.

Preposition

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inte

  1. in, inside
inte article Combined form
inte o into
inte a inta
inte i inti
inte e inte
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Contraction of inte (“in”) e f pl (“the”, definite article).

Contraction

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inte

  1. in the ( a feminine name in the plural)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Norwegian einki, from eikki with -n- from eingin (< Old Norse enginn, engi). Compare Swedish Swedish inte.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²ɪntə/, Eastern Norway
  • IPA(key): /²entə/, Østfold
  • IPA(key): /²iɲce/, Røros

Adverb

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inte

  1. (dialectal) not, mainly older dialects in Eastern Norway.
    Synonym: inkje
    • 1903, Thoralf Grue, Solør og solungen, page 16:
      ...saa høgger je inte en stok meir i Lystadskogen.
      ...then I shall not chop even one more log in the Lystad woods.

Pipil

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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intē

  1. not
    Ina ka inte kimati
    She/he said she/he doesn't know
    Inte niweli nitekiti yek kwak nimayana
    I can't work well when I'm hungry

Particle

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intē

  1. no, used to deny or disagree.
    Tikneki chiupi chukulat? — Te, nikwaja wey
    Do you want a piece of chocolate? — No, I already ate a lot

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish ænkti, ænti, ingti, from a late form of the nominative neuter of Old Swedish ængin. For an earlier form, see icke.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²ɪntɛ/
    • Audio:(file)
  • (Scania) IPA(key): /²ɛntɛ/

Adverb

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inte (not comparable)

  1. not
    Myror är inte stora
    Ants are not big
    Hästar är inte växter
    Horses are not plants
    Är inte hästar däggdjur?
    Aren't horses mammals?
    (literally, “Are not horses mammals?”)
    Jag gillade inte filmen
    I didn't like the movie
    (literally, “I liked not the movie”)
    Gillade du inte filmen?
    Didn't you like the movie?
    (literally, “Liked you not the movie?”)
    Jag såg dig inte
    I didn't see you
    (literally, “I saw you not”)
    Jag såg inte dig, men jag såg Nisse
    I didn't see you [emphasis], but I saw Nisse
    (literally, “I saw not you, but I saw Nisse”)
    Det är inte fredag
    It is not Friday
    Imorgon är det inte fredag
    Tomorrow is not Friday
    (literally, “Tomorrow is it not Friday ["Är" moves before "det" due to V2 word order, with the rest staying the same – no special behavior related to "inte" here]”)
    Det regnar inte
    It is not raining
    (literally, “It rains not”)
    Det är bra att det inte regnar
    It's good that it's not raining
    (literally, “It is good that it not rains [Inte comes before the main verb in subclauses ("att det inte regnar" here)”)
    Om det inte regnar så kan vi gå på picknick
    If it doesn't rain, we can go on a picnic
    (literally, “If it not rains [så – optionally appears after an initial adverbial] can we go on picnic ["om det inte regnar" is a subclause, so inte comes before regnar, like above)]”)
    Han kan inte simma
    He cannot swim
    (literally, “He can not swim”)
    en man som inte kan simma
    a man who cannot swim
    (literally, “a man that not can swim ["som inte kan simma" is a subclause, so inte comes before kan, like above]”)

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Tocharian B

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Conjunction

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inte

  1. if

Venetian

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Alternative forms

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Preposition

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inte

  1. in

Usage notes

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  • The alternative forms are used before or after a vowel respectively.
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