vem

See also: VEM and vêm

Galician

Verb

vem

  1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of ver
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of vir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latvian

Verb

vem

  1. inflection of vemt:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin venīt. Cognate with Galician vén and Spanish viene. Also compare with tem.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvẽj̃/ [ˈvẽɪ̯̃]
 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
  • Homophones: vêm (Brazil), bem (Porto)
  • Hyphenation: vem

Verb

vem

  1. inflection of vir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. (Brazil) Misspelling of vêm.

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • hvem (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology

From Old Norse hveim, dative of hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Pronoun

vem c (genitive vems, plural vilka, plural genitive vilkas)

  1. who, whom
    Vem är du?
    Who are you?
    Vem frågade du?
    Whom did you ask?

Usage notes

  • In earlier Swedish, vem (spelt hvem) was the oblique case form of ho, corresponding to the difference between English who and whom. Unlike in English, where the oblique form gives way to the nominative, the reverse has happened in Swedish.

Derived terms

References

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