së

See also: Appendix:Variations of "se"

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • s' (not, don't)
  • nuk (not, don't)

Etymology

See alternative form s' (“not, don't”) for adverb së for etymology.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sə/, /s/ (Adverb)
  • IPA(key): /səː/ (Article)

Adverb

së (short: s')

  1. not, don't
  2. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
    Unë di. Unë s'di.
    I know. I don't know.
    A jam e bukur a s'jam?
    Am I beautiful or am I not?
    S'je!
    You aren't!
    A s'është ai...?
    Isn't he ...?

Article

së

  1. adjectival article for definite feminine singular adjectives in the genitive, dative and ablative cases

See also
Forms of the adjectival articles
masculine feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative i i e e të e
accusative të e të e të e
genitive, dative and ablative të të të së të të
Note that regardless of the definite state of the noun being described, the definite articles are only used when immediately following a definite-form noun. If two adjectives (or other words that use these articles) come back to back, the second word's article will be indefinite.

Notice that while both adjectives require the adjectival article and the same masculine plural agreement, only the first adjectival article takes its definite form, as the second is not in the immediate environment of the modified definite noun.

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