n'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "n"

English

Conjunction

n'

Nonstandard spelling of ’n’.

Asturian

Etymology

Contraction of the preposition en (“in”)

Preposition

n'

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)

Related terms

en

Catalan

Pronoun

n'

Contraction of en.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal¹	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal²	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’⁴	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal²	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	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‿/

Contraction

n'

Prevocalic form of ne.

Italian

Adverb

n’ (apocopate)

Apocopic form of ne

Pronoun

n’ (apocopate)

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.

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Genitive	Disjunctive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m', -mi			—		me
	second	—	tu	ti, t', -ti			—		te
	third	m	lui	si², s', -si	lo, l', -lo	gli, -gli	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	lui, sé
	third	f ¹	lei, Lei¹	si², s', -si	la, l', La¹, -la	le³, Le¹, -le	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	lei, Lei¹, sé
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c', -ci			—		noi
	second	—¹	voi, Voi¹	vi, v', -vi, Vi¹			—		voi, Voi¹
	third	m	loro, Loro¹	si, s', -si	li, -li	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro¹	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	loro, Loro¹, sé
	third	f ¹	loro, Loro¹	si, s', -si	le, -le	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro¹	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	loro, Loro¹, sé
¹	The feminine gender third person forms and second plural person forms are also used as formal terms of address referring to second singular person subjects, sometimes capitalised as Lei, Vi, Loro etc. to distinguish them.
²	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
³	In informal speech sometimes replaced with gli (nonstandard).

Ladin

Article

n' f

an, a

Synonyms

na

Middle French

Adverb

n' (apocopate)

(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'

Contraction of na.
Contraction of nu.

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