vi

See also .vi, V. I., V.I., VI, Vi, v. i., v.i., vì, vị, and Appendix:ISO 639-1 language codes

Translingual

Alternative forms

• VI

Cardinal number

vi

1. Roman numeral for six.

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English

Alternative forms

• vi, v.i., v.i.

Abbreviation

vi

1. (grammar) verb intransitive or intransitive verb (often appears in dual language dictionaries)

Related terms

• v.t., v.t., vt, vt (= verb transitive, transitive verb)

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ōwyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”). Compare Welsh ŵy, Cornish oy.

Noun

vi

1. egg

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vīnum.

Noun

vi m (plural vins)

1. wine (alcoholic beverage)

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin vīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: βi

Adjective

vi m (plural vei)

1. alive, living

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

vi (first-person plural nominative, accusative os, genitive vores or, c vor, n vort, pl vore)

1. we

See also

Danish personal pronouns

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

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vi/

Etymology 1

From Italian voi, French vous, or Russian вы (vy), plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronoun

vi (accusative vin, possessive via)

1. (second-person personal pronoun, singular or plural): you, thou

   Vi batis min.

   You hit me.

2. yourself, yourselves

   Vi diras al vi.

   You say to yourself (yourselves).

Related terms

• via
• viaj
• vian
• vin

See also

• ĝi
• ili
• li
• mi
• ni
• oni
• ŝi

Etymology 2

Noun

vi (plural vi-oj, accusative singular vi-on, accusative plural vi-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin script letter V/v.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo/‎be, co/‎ce, ĉo/‎ĉa, do/‎de, e, fo/‎ef, go/‎ge, ĝo/‎ĝe, ho/‎ha, ĥo/‎ĥi, i, jo/‎je, ĵo/‎ĵi, ko/‎ka, lo/‎el, mo/‎om, no/‎en, o, po/‎pa, ro/‎ar, so/‎es, ŝo/‎eŝ, to/‎ta, u, ŭo/‎eŭ, vo/‎vi, zo/‎ze ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

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Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA: /viː/, X-SAMPA: /vi:/

Adjective

vi

1. little
2. small

Noun

vi

1. child (A son or daughter)
2. descendant

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Italian

Pronoun

vi

1. (second-person personal plural object pronoun): you, to you

   (noi) vi amiamo - we love you

2. (second-person reflexive plural): yourselves

   (voi) vi ricordate

3. it (often not translated); about it, of it, on it

See also

• mi, ti, si, ci

Adverb

vi

1. there
2. here

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Japanese

Romanization

vi

1. See ゔぃ
2. See ヴィ

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Latin

Noun

vī

1. ablative singular of vīs

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Lojban

Cmavo

vi (rafsi viz, selma'o VA)

1. (modifying a selbri) here; nearby
2. (preposition) near
3. (sumti modifier) this

   levi jufra cu tordu

   This sentence is short.

Related terms

• va
• vu

See also

• ti
• bu'u

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʋiː/

Pronoun

vi

1. we

   Hvordan kommer vi dit?

   How do we get there?

Etymology 2

Verb

vi

1. imperative of vie

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål

	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

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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: /ʋiː/

Pronoun

vi

1. Alternative form of me.

See also

    Personal pronouns in Nynorsk

	Nominative	Objective case	Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person	eg	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, deires4
Third person	dei	dei, deim3	deira
Notes
1Never part of official Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily used before Landsmål received an official written norm.
2Rare or literary
3No 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

1. imperative of via and vie

References

• “vi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Portuguese

Verb

vi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ver; "I saw"
   • 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.

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Romanian

Pronoun

vi (dative form of voi; form of vă)

1. 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

• li
• ni

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʋîː/

Pronoun

vȋ (Cyrillic spelling ви̑)

1. you (nominative plural of tȋ (“you”))
2. you (vocative plural of tȋ (“you”))

Declension

    declension of vi

	singular	plural
nominative	tȋ	vȋ
genitive	tȅbe, te	vȃs, vas
dative	tȅbi, ti	vȁma, vam
accusative	tȅbe, te	vȃs, vas
vocative	ti	vȋ
locative	tȅbi	vȁma
instrumental	tȍbōm	vȁma

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vy.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʋíː/
• Tonal: vȋ

Pronoun

ví

1. you (masculine plural, more than two)
2. (formal) you (masculine singular)

Declension

Declension of vi (irregular, suppletive)

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
dual
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	mídva m, médve/mídve f and n	vídva m, védve/vídve f and 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
plural
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	mí m, mé f and n	ví m, vé f and 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

See also

Slovene personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person		m	jaz	midva	mi
		f		medve, midve	me
2nd person	familiar	m	ti	vidva	vi
		f		vedve, vidve	ve
	polite	m	vi	vidva	vi
		f	ve	vedve, vidve	ve
3rd person		m	on	onadva	oni
		f	ona	onedve, onidve	one
		n	ono	onedve, onidve	ona

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Verb

vi (infinitive ver)

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of ver.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /viː/

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Pronoun

vi

1. we (first-person personal plural subject pronoun)

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

	subject	object	possessive
singular	full	full	common	neuter	plural
1st person	jag	mig	min	mitt	mina
2nd person	du	dig	din	ditt	dina
3rd person masculine	han	honom	hans
3rd person feminine	hon	henne	hennes
3rd person common	den	den	dess
3rd person neuter	det	det	dess
3rd person indefinite	man	en	ens
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina
plural
1st person	vi	oss	vår	vårt	våra
2nd person	ni	er	er	ert	era
3rd person	de	dem	deras
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina