t'

See also: ť and Appendix:Variations of "t"

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t], [ʔ], or silent

Etymology 1

From Middle English that, from Old English þæt (“the, that”, neuter definite article and relative pronoun).

Article

t’

  1. (Northern England) Nonstandard spelling of the. (Most characteristic of Yorkshire, but also found in areas of Lancashire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire)

Usage notes
  • Before a vowel, t’ is usually written and pronounced as if appended to the following word.
    • In He can't make up his mind if he wants one or t’other (= He can't make up his mind if he wants one or the other) t’other is pronounced as if spelled tother. Sometimes it is pronounced as a glottal stop.
  • Before a consonant, t’ is pronounced as a glottal stop following the preceding word.
    • In I’m going down t’ road to see me mam ( = I’m going down the road to see my mother), down t’ is pronounced as down followed by a glottal stop.
  • t’ is sometimes not pronounced at all, having no glottal stop.
  • Speakers to whom the usage is not native sometimes pronounce it [t], either deliberately in mockery or unconsciously in ignorance.

Etymology 2

Contraction of to..

Preposition

t’

  1. Nonstandard spelling of to.

Catalan

Pronoun

t'

  1. Contraction of et.

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): /t‿/

Pronoun

t'

  1. elided form of te
    Je t’ai vu - I saw you.
  2. (slang) elided form of tu
    T’as vu mon frère ? - Have you seen my brother?
French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject)		 Reflexive Accusative
(direct complement)		 Dative
(indirect complement)		 Locative
(at)		 Genitive
(of)		 Disjunctive
(tonic)
SingularFirst— je, j’ me, m’ —— moi
Second— tu te, t’ —— toi
ThirdMasculine il se, s’ le, l’ lui y en lui, soi
Feminine elle la, l’ elle, soi
— on —— —— soi
PluralFirst— nous nous —— nous
Second— vous vous —— vous
ThirdMasculine ils se, s’ les leur y en eux, soi
Feminine elles elles, soi

Further reading

Haitian Creole

Adverb

t'

  1. Contraction of te.

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t̪ˠ] (before a word starting with a, o, u, fha, fho, or fhu)
  • IPA(key): [tʲ] (before a word starting with e, i, fhe, or fhi)

Determiner

t’

  1. (Cois Fharraige) Alternative form of d’ (“your (singular)”)

Italian

Pronoun

t'

  1. Apocopic form of ti
    T’odio. ― I hate you.

Usage notes

Commonly elides before a vowel, especially i and e.

See also
Italian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Locative Genitive Disjunctive
Singularfirst— iomi, m', -mi — me
second— tuti, t', -ti te
thirdm luisi2, s', -silo, l', -logli, -gli ci, c',
vi, v' (formal)		 ne, n'lui, sé
f lei, Lei1la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 lei, Lei1, sé
Pluralfirst— noici, c', -ci — noi
second— voi, Voi4vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 voi, Voi4
thirdm loro, Loro1si, s', -sili, Li1, -li, -Li1gli, -gli, loro (formal),
Loro1		 ci, c',
vi, v' (formal)		 ne, n'loro, Loro1, sé
f le, Le1, -le, -Le1
1Third 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.
2Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
4Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

Manx

Verb

t'

  1. Apocopic form of ta
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