'i

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"

English

Interjection

'i

  1. Pronunciation spelling of hi.

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From li, from Latin illī.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

'i

  1. him (dative)
  2. them (masculine, accusative)

Coordinate terms

Number Person Nominative Accusative Dative Reflexive Possessive Prepositional
singular first-person io (i') me mìo, mìa, mieje, meje me, méne
second-person, familiar tu te tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje te, téne
second-person, formal vuje ve vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsso 'o, 'u (lo, lu) 'i, 'e (li, le) se sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje ìsso
third-person, feminine éssa 'a (la) 'e (le) éssa
plural first-person nuje ce nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste nuje
second-person, plural vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsse 'i, 'e (li, le) llòro se llòro (invariable) llòro
third-person, feminine llòro 'e (le)

Samoan

Preposition

'i

  1. into

See also

Welsh

Etymology

Contraction of ei (“his, her, its”).

Pronunciation

Determiner

'i

  1. his, its (with reference to a masculine noun; used after vowels; triggers soft mutation of following consonant)
    Un o’i gefndryd ydw i.
    I'm one of his cousins.
    Rwy'n gyfarwydd iawn â'r pentref a’i drigolion.
    I'm very familiar with the village and its inhabitants.
  2. her, its (with reference to a feminine noun; used after vowels; triggers aspirate mutation of following consonant and h-prothesis of a following vowel)
    Un o’i chefndryd ydw i.
    I'm one of her cousins.
    Rwy'n gyfarwydd iawn â'r dref a’i thrigolion.
    I'm very familiar with the town and its inhabitants.

Pronoun

'i

  1. him, it (with reference to a masculine noun; used after vowels as the direct object of a verbal noun; triggers soft mutation of following consonant)
    Roedd yr athro a’i ddisgyblion yn dod ymlaen yn dda.
    The teacher and his students got on well.
    Mae'r cyfle yn un da ond efallai nad ydych wedi’i ystyried o’r blaen.
    The opportunity is a good one but perhaps you have never considered it before.
  2. her, it (with reference to a masculine noun; used after vowels as the direct object of a verbal noun; triggers aspirate mutation of following consonant and h-prothesis of a following vowel)
    Roedd yr athrawes a’i disgyblion yn dod ymlaen yn dda.
    The teacher and her students got on well.
    Mae'r swydd yn un dda ond efallai nad ydych wedi’i hystyried o’r blaen.
    The job is a good one but perhaps you have never considered it before.
  3. him, her, it (with reference to a masculine or feminine noun; used after vowels as the direct object of a verb; triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)
    Ni wn a’i gwelais yno ai peidio.
    I do not know whether I saw him/her/it there or not.
    Fe’i hariennir yn rhannol gan yr elusen.
    He/She/It is partially funded (lit. "One funds him/her/it partially") by the charity.

Usage notes

  • In formal Welsh, the contraction 'i is a valid form of ei found after mostly functional vowel-final words. In colloquial Welsh, ei is often contracted to 'i after almost any vowel-final word.
  • Pronomial 'i (and ei) can occur before any verbal noun. Before a verb, pronomial 'i is found only in formal language after certain vowel-final preverbal particles, such as fe, a and y. After certain vowel-final preverbal particles, such as ni, na, oni and pe, -s is used instead.
  • After the preposition i (“to”), the contraction changes to i’w.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “'i”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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