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Vi
vi
vi
English
Alternative forms
- vi, v.i., v.i.
Abbreviation
vi
- (grammar) verb intransitive or intransitive verb (often appears in dual language dictionaries)
- (Britain, colloquial, pejorative) village idiot
- 2012, a Religious Studies teacher
- Stupid boy...he's such a vi, isn't he?
- 2012, a Religious Studies teacher
Related terms
- v.t., v.t., vt, vt (= verb transitive, transitive verb)
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *āuyom (compare Welsh ŵy, Cornish oy), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).
Noun
vi m
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Provençal, from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.
Noun
vi m (plural vins)
- wine (alcoholic beverage)
Derived terms
Related terms
- viner
- vinater
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i
Pronoun
vi (first-person plural nominative, accusative os, genitive vores, c vor, n vort, pl vore)
See also
Number | Person | Inflection | Nominative | Accusative | Possessive | Reflexive | Reflexive possessive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | common | jeg | mig | min | ||
neuter | mit | ||||||
plural | mine | ||||||
Second | common | du | dig | din | |||
neuter | dit | ||||||
plural | dine | ||||||
formal | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
Third | masculine | han | ham | hans | sig | sin | |
feminine | hun | hende | hendes | ||||
common | den | den | dens | ||||
neuter | det | det | dets | sit | |||
plural | sine | ||||||
Plural | First | — | vi | os | vores | ||
common | vor | ||||||
neuter | vort | ||||||
plural | vore | ||||||
Second | – | I | jer | jeres | |||
formal | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
Third | – | de | dem | deres | sig |
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi/
Etymology
From Italian voi, French vous, or Russian вы (vy), plus the i of personal pronouns.
Pronoun
vi (accusative vin, possessive via)
- (second-person personal pronoun, singular or plural): you
- Vi batis min.
- You hit me.
- Vi batis min.
- yourself, yourselves
- Vi diras al vi.
- You say to yourself (yourselves).
- Vi diras al vi.
Related terms
See also
Italian
Etymology 1
See voi.
Pronoun
vi
- (second-person personal plural object pronoun): you, to you
- (noi) vi amiamo - we love you
- (second-person reflexive plural): yourselves
- (voi) vi ricordate
- it (often not translated); about it, of it, on it
See also
Etymology 2
Adverb
vi
Latin
Noun
vī
References
- vi in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Lojban
Cmavo
vi (rafsi viz, selma'o VA VA)
- (modifying a selbri) here; nearby
- (preposition) near
- (sumti modifier) this
- levi jufra cu tordu
- This sentence is short.
- levi jufra cu tordu
Related terms
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋiː/
Pronoun
vi
- we
- Hvordan kommer vi dit?
- How do we get there?
- Hvordan kommer vi dit?
Etymology 2
Verb
vi
- imperative of vie
See also
Nominative | Objective case | Genitive/Possessive pronoun | |
---|---|---|---|
Singular | |||
First person | jeg | meg | min m |
Second person | du | deg | din m |
Third person m | han | han/ham | hans |
Third person f | hun | henne | hennes |
Third person n | det | det | dets |
Third person, nonhuman m/f | den | den | dens |
Plural | |||
First person | vi | oss | vår m |
Second person | dere | dere | deres |
Third person | de | dem | deres |
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Probably with influence from Swedish and Danish, from Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋiː/
Pronoun
vi
- Alternative form of me
See also
Nominative | Objective case | Genitive/Possessive pronoun | |
---|---|---|---|
Singular | |||
First person | eg, je4 | meg | min m |
Second person | du | deg | din m |
Third person m | han | han, honom3 | hans |
Third person f | ho | ho, henne | hennar, hennes4 |
Third person n | det, dat1 | det, dat1 | dess 2 |
Plural | |||
First person | me, vi | oss | vår m |
Second person | de, dokker | dykk, dokker | dykkar, dokkar |
Third person | dei | dei, deim3 | deira, deires4 |
Notes | |||
1Never part of official Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily used before Landsmål received an official written norm. | |||
2Rare or literary | |||
3Traditional forms that are no longer part of the official written norm. Now primarily used in Høgnorsk texts. | |||
4No longer part of the official written norm. These non-traditional forms were added to the norm to either approach the the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects. |
Etymology 2
Verb
vi
References
- “vi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
vi
- first-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of ver
- Eu vi um pássaro uma vez.
- I saw a bird once.
- 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 135:
- Não vi o tempo passar.
- I didn't notice the time passing.
- Não vi o tempo passar.
- Eu vi um pássaro uma vez.
Romanian
Pronoun
vi (dative form of voi; form of vă)
- to you
Usage notes
This word is used when vă (which is dative) is combined with the following accusatives:
- îl (the accusative of el, contracted as vi-l)
- îi (the accusative of ei, contracted as vi-i)
- le (the accusative of ele)
- se (the reflexive accusative of all third-person pronouns)
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋîː/
Pronoun
vȋ (Cyrillic spelling ви̑)
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *vy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋíː/
- Tonal orthography: vȋ
Pronoun
ví
Declension
singular | |||
---|---|---|---|
1st person | 2nd person | reflexive | |
nominative | jàz | tí | — |
accusative | méne, me | tébe, te | sébe, se |
genitive | méne, me | tébe, te | sébe, se |
dative | méni, mi | tébi, ti | sébi, si |
locative | méni | tébi | sébi |
instrumental | menój, máno | tebój, tábo | sebój, sábo |
possessive | mój | tvój | svój |
dual | |||
1st person | 2nd person | reflexive | |
nominative | mídva m, médve/mídve f, n | vídva m, védve/vídve f, n | — |
accusative | náju | váju | sébe, se |
genitive | náju | váju | sébe, se |
dative | náma | váma | sébi, si |
locative | náju | váju | sébi |
instrumental | náma | váma | sebój, sábo |
possessive | nájin | vájin | svój |
plural | |||
1st person | 2nd person | reflexive | |
nominative | mí m, mé f, n | ví m, vé f, n | — |
accusative | nàs | vàs | sébe, se |
genitive | nàs | vàs | sébe, se |
dative | nàm | vàm | sébi, si |
locative | nàs | vàs | sébi |
instrumental | nàmi | vàmi | sebój, sábo |
possessive | nàš | vàš | svój |
See also
Spanish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i
Verb
vi
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish vīr, from Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Pronoun
vi
- we (first-person personal plural subject pronoun)
- 1791, Carl Michael Bellman, Fredmans sånger, N:o 21
- Så lunka vi så småningom från Bacchi buller och tumult
- We'll walk away eventually from the noise and tumult of Bacchus
- Så lunka vi så småningom från Bacchi buller och tumult
- 1791, Carl Michael Bellman, Fredmans sånger, N:o 21
Declension
*Not universally accepted.