I

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "i"
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I U+0049, I
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I
← H
[U+0048] 		Basic Latin J →
[U+004A]
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Ⅰ U+2160, Ⅰ
ROMAN NUMERAL ONE
← ⅟
[U+215F] 		Number Forms Ⅱ →
[U+2161]
Ｉ U+FF29, Ｉ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I
← Ｈ
[U+FF28] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｊ →
[U+FF2A]

TranslingualEdit

 
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Alternative formsEdit

  • (Roman numeral one): Ⅰ, i, ⅰ
  • ("Cardinal number read ordinal", i.e. ordinal): I.

EtymologyEdit

From the Etruscan letter 𐌉 (i, “i”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, “iota”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤉‎ (y, “yod”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂝.

LetterEdit

I (lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

I (lower case ı)

  1. The letter i without a dot above, in both the upper case and the lower case versions.

See alsoEdit

SymbolEdit

I

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for iodine.
  2. (physics) Isotopic spin.
  3. (license plate codes) Italy
  4. (physics, electronics) Electrical current.
  5. (physics, kinematics) moment of inertia.
  6. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for isoleucine
  7. (mathematics, linear algebra) identity matrix
  8. (mathematical analysis, topology) the (closed) unit interval; [0, 1]
  9. (inorganic chemistry) Specifying an oxidation state of 1
  10. (music) major tonic triad

NumeralEdit

I (upper case Roman numeral, lower case i)

  1. cardinal number one.
  2. (especially in the names of aristocracy) the first.

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GalleryEdit

  • Letter styles

  • Normal and italic I

  • Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur

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Other representations of I:

ReferencesEdit

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English I (also ik, ich), from Old English ih (also ic, iċċ (“I”)), from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (“I”). Cognate with Scots I, ik, A (“I”), Saterland Frisian iek (“I”), West Frisian ik (“I”), Dutch ik (“I”), Low German ik (“I”), German ich (“I”), Bavarian i (“I”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål jeg (“I”), Norwegian Nynorsk eg (“I”), Swedish jag (“I”), Icelandic ég, eg (“I”), Latin ego (“I”), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ, “I”), Russian я (ja, “I”), Lithuanian aš (“I”), Armenian ես (es, “I”). See also English ich. Doublet of ego and Ich.

PronounEdit

I (first person singular subject personal pronoun, objective me, possessive my, possessive pronoun mine, reflexive myself)

  1. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
  2. (nonstandard) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
    Mom drove my sister and I to school.
Usage notesEdit
  • The word I is always capitalised in written English. Other forms of the pronoun, such as me and my, follow regular English capitalisation rules.
  • I is the subject (nominative) form, as opposed to me, which is the objective (accusative and dative) form. Me is also used emphatically, like French moi. In some cases there are differing views about which is preferred. For example, the traditional rule followed by some speakers is to use I as the complement of the copula (It is I), but it is now more usual to choose me in this context (It's me).
  • When used in lists, it is often thought more polite to refer to self last. Thus it is more natural to say John and I than I and John. In such lists, we generally use the same case form which we would choose if there were only one pronoun; since we say I am happy, we say John and I are happy, but we say Jenny saw me, so we say Jenny saw John and me. However, colloquially one might hear John and me are happy, which is traditionally seen as a case error. Similarly, perhaps as a hypercorrected reaction to this, one can occasionally hear phrases like Jenny saw John and I.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit

See I/translations § Pronoun.

See alsoEdit
English personal pronouns
personal pronoun possessive
pronoun		 possessive
determiner
subjective objective reflexive
first person singular I
me (colloquial)		 me myself
me
mysen		 mine my
mine (before vowels, archaic)
me
plural we us ourselves
ourself
oursen		 ours our
second person singular standard, formal you you yourself
yoursen		 yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 your
archaic, informal thou thee thyself
theeself
thysen		 thine thy
thine (before vowels)
plural standard you
ye (archaic)		 you yourselves yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 your
colloquial you all
y'all
you guys		 you all
y'all
you guys		 – y'all's
you guys's
your guys's (proscribed)		 y'all's
your all's (nonstandard)
you guys's
your guys's (proscribed)
informal / dialectal (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries)
third person singular masculine he him himself
hisself (archaic)
hissen		 his
hisn (obsolete outside dialects)		 his
feminine she her herself
hersen		 hers
hern (obsolete outside dialects)		 her
neuter it
hit		 it
hit		 itself
hitself		 its
his (archaic)		 its
his (archaic)
hits
genderless they them themself, themselves theirs their
genderless, nonspecific
(formal) 		one one oneself – one's
plural they them
hem, 'em		 themselves
theirsen		 theirs
theirn (obsolete outside dialects)		 their

NounEdit

I (uncountable)

  1. (metaphysics) The ego.
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i, plural Is or I's)

  1. The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit

NumberEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ordinal number ninth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 3Edit

Abbreviation.

NounEdit

I (countable and uncountable, plural Is)

  1. (US, roadway) Interstate.
  2. (grammar) Abbreviation of instrumental case.
  3. (computing) Abbreviation of instruction.

Etymology 4Edit

InterjectionEdit

I

  1. Obsolete spelling of aye.

ReferencesEdit

AfarEdit

LetterEdit

I (lowercase i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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AzerbaijaniEdit

LetterEdit

I upper case (lower case ı)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Basque alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

DanishEdit

FWOTD – 5 November 2015

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse ír, variant of ér, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

I (objective jer, possessive jeres)

  1. (personal) you, you all (second person plural)
    I må ikke gå derind!
    You can't go in there!
    • 2014, Diverse forfattere, Fire uger blev til fire år - og andre beretninger, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN
      Og så er der forresten lidt mere med det samme: I må love os een ting. mor og far, I må ikke efterligne os unge! — For gør I det, ja, så kommer I til at se så morsomme ud. — I må ikke prøve på at løbe fra jeres alder, for det kan I alligevel ikke.
      And by the way, there's something else: You must promise us one thing, mum and dad, you may not imitate us young! — For if you do, you will look so funny. — you may not try to run way from your age, for you can't do that anyway.
    • 1981, Mogens Wolstrup, Vild hyben: danske forfattere skriver om jalousi
      Men det er ikke jeres skyld, siger Ditte. I er unge og kloge. I er grimme og fantastisk smukke. I har modet! I er på rette vej med jeres show. Jeg føler med jeres oprør, og måske derfor kunne jeg ikke klare mere. Jeres hud er glat, I er startet i tide.
      But it is not your fault, Ditte says. You are young and intelligent. You are ugly and amazingly beautiful. You have the courage! You are on the right path with your show. I feel with your rebellion, and perhaps for that reason, I couldn't take any more. Your skin is smooth, you started in time.
    • 2011, Per Ullidtz, Absalons Europa, BoD – Books on Demand →ISBN, page 229
      Og lidt senere ”I har hørt at det er sagt: øje for øje og tand for tand. Men jeg siger jer, at I må ikke sætte jer imod det onde; men dersom nogen giver dig et slag på din højre kind, da vend ham også den anden til! ...
      And a little later ”you have heard it said: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, you may not resist evil; but if anyone hits you on the right cheek, turn the other towards [whoever hit you]! ...

See alsoEdit

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
Singular First – jeg mig min mit mine
Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common(noun) den dens
neuter(noun) det dets
reflexive – sig sin sit sine
Plural First modern vi os vores
archaic / formal vor vort vore
Second – I jer jeres
Third – de dem deres
reflexive – sig

ReferencesEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

I (capital, lowercase i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: H
  • Next letter: J

EsperantoEdit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

EstonianEdit

 
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LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ii and written in the Latin script.

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FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called ii and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

I

  1. Abbreviation of improbatur.

FrenchEdit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the German alphabet.

Related termsEdit

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative I I-k
accusative I-t I-ket
dative I-nek I-knek
instrumental I-vel I-kkel
causal-final I-ért I-kért
translative I-vé I-kké
terminative I-ig I-kig
essive-formal I-ként I-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive I-ben I-kben
superessive I-n I-ken
adessive I-nél I-knél
illative I-be I-kbe
sublative I-re I-kre
allative I-hez I-khez
elative I-ből I-kből
delative I-ről I-kről
ablative I-től I-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		I-é I-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		I-éi I-kéi
Possessive forms of I
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. I-m I-im
2nd person sing. I-d I-id
3rd person sing. I-je I-i
1st person plural I-nk I-ink
2nd person plural I-tek I-itek
3rd person plural I-jük I-ik

See alsoEdit

IdoEdit

LetterEdit

I (lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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ItalianEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • (phoneme; name of letter) IPA(key): /i/
  • (phoneme, when followed by a vowel in the same syllable) IPA(key): /j/

LetterEdit

I m or f (invariable lower case, i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Italian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

I

  1. Rōmaji transcription of い

LatvianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

PronunciationEdit

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LetterEdit

 
I

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

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MalayEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ai̯]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [i]
  • (Phoneme, Closed ultima) IPA(key): [e]

LetterEdit

I

  1. The ninth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English iċ, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. More at English I.

Capitalized since 13th century to mark it as a distinct word and prevent misreading.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

I (accusative me, genitive min, genitive determiner mi, min)

  1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

DescendantsEdit

  • English: I, ik (obsolete), ich (obsolete)
  • Scots: A, I, ik (rare)

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

I

  1. (dialect) I: a first-person singular personal pronoun
  2. (rare, archaic) ye: a second-person plural nominative pronoun

PortugueseEdit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Romanian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

  • Generally represents the phoneme /i/.
  • Before vowels, this letter usually takes on the sound of /j/
    ianuarie /ja.nuˈa.ri.e/
  • At the ends of words (except verb infinitives, and those ending in a consonant cluster ending in l or r), the letter palatalizes the previous syllable and is "whispered": /ʲ/
    băieți /bəˈjetsʲ/

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SaanichEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

I

  1. The eleventh letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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ScotsEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English iċ, from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

PronounEdit

I (first person singular, emphatic I)

  1. I
SynonymsEdit

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Etymology 2Edit

LetterEdit

I

  1. The ninth letter of the Scots alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

I (lower case i)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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SloveneEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

I (capital, lowercase i)

  1. The 10th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by H and followed by J.

SomaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɪ/, /i/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ʔɪ/

LetterEdit

I upper case (lower case i)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Somali alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by E and followed by O.

See alsoEdit

SpanishEdit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Spanish alphabet.

AdjectiveEdit

I

  1. Abbreviation of ilustre.
    La I municipalidad de Valparaíso.

SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See the etymology at #Translingual.

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Swedish alphabet.

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Swedish ī, īr, from Old Norse ír, variant of ér, from Proto-Germanic *jīz, variant of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Alternative formsEdit

PronounEdit

I (personal pronoun)

  1. (archaic) you (second-person plural nominative)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
  • Lindström, Fredrik (2010) , “Svårt att gissa arslets grundform [Hard to guess the lemma of arslet]”, in Språktidningen‎[2] (in Swedish), issue 5, retrieved 14 July 2020

TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case ı)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ı and written in the Latin script.

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called i or i ngắn and written in the Latin script.

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WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called i or i dot and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by H and followed by J.

MutationEdit

  • I cannot mutate but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word iwrch (“roe deer”):
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
iwrch unchanged unchanged hiwrch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

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

ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

I (upper case, lower case i)

  1. The ninth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

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