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Meaning of -em | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR A2
em

Definitions

  1. used to form the 1st person singular present tense of verbs in mediopassive voice (indicative mood).
    morpheme, personal, suffix
  2. Forms verbs in mediopassive voice from active voice
    morpheme
  3. Forms mediopassive verbs from adjectives
    morpheme
  4. Standard Albanian/Tosk personal suffixes for verbs
    morpheme

Examples

“active bëj (“I do, make, appear”) + h (mediopassive marker) + -em → mediopassive bëhem (“I become, turn into”)”
“active zbeh (“I make white(er), pale(er)”) + -em → mediopassive zbehem (“I'm getting pale(er), white(er)”)”
“adjective shkurt (“short”) + o-stem + h (mediopassive marker) + -em → mediopassive verb shkurtohem (“I become shorter”)”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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