oni
See also: Variations of "oni"
oni - English
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈoʊniː]
Noun
oni (plural onis or oni)
Anagrams
oni - Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈoɲɪ]
Pronoun
oni m anim pl
- they (third person personal masculine plural)
Declension
Related terms
oni - Dupaningan Agta
Interjection
oni
oni - Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈoni]
- Hyphenation: o‧ni
Pronoun
oni (accusative onin, possessive onia)
- (indefinite personal pronoun) one
- Oni povas vidi ĝin. ― One can see it.
- (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) they (some people, people in general)
- Oni diras, ke Norvegio estas bonega loko por loĝi. ― They say Norway is a great place to live.
Usage notes
- Comparable to the use of generic "you" in English (e.g. In America, you can do what you want).
- A sentence whose subject is "oni" can often be translated as an English sentence in the passive voice, for example: "Oni ofte referencas al Kimrio kiel la 'lando de la kanto.'" can be translated as "Wales is often referred to as the 'land of song.'"
- Although the accusative onin and the possessive onia are possible, they are far less frequent than oni itself. Correlatives such as iun (“someone (accusative)”) or ies (“someone's”) are often more natural in contexts where onin or onia might make sense: "one's mother tongue" will usually be rendered ies gepatra lingvo rather than onia gepatra lingvo, though the latter would still be correct. Note that where the subject of a clause is oni, anything that oni possesses in that clause will take the reflexive possessive sia, not onia: Oni plej nature pensas en sia gepatra lingvo (one thinks most naturally in one's mother tongue).
Descendants
- → Ido: onu
oni - Guinau
Noun
oni
oni - Japanese
Romanization
oni
oni - Lindu
Noun
oni
oni - Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɔ.ɲi/
- Syllabification: o‧ni
Pronoun
oni
- they (third-person masculine personal nominative)
Declension
oni - Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ǒni/
- Hyphenation: o‧ni
Pronoun
òni (Cyrillic spelling о̀ни)
Declension
Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | ȏn | òna | òno | òni | òne | òna |
genitive | njȅga, ga | njȇ, je | njȅga, ga | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih |
dative | njȅmu, mu | njȏj, joj | njȅmu, mu | njȉma, im | njȉma, im | njȉma, im |
accusative | njȅga, ga, nj | njȗ, ju, je | njȅga, ga, nj | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih |
vocative | — | — | — | — | — | — |
locative | njȅm, njȅmu | njȏj | njȅm, njȅmu | njȉma | njȉma | njȉma |
instrumental | njȋm, njíme | njȏm, njóme | njȋm, njíme | njȉma | njȉma | njȉma |
oni - Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɔɲi/
Pronoun
oni
- they (third person, personal, m pl)
Related terms
oni - Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɔ̀ːni/
Pronoun
óni
- they (masculine plural, more than two)
Inflection
Forms between parentheses indicate clitic forms; the main forms are used for emphasis.
singular | |||
---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | òn | ôna | ôno |
accusative | njêga (ga, -nj) | njó (jo, -njo) | njêga (ga, -nj) |
genitive | njêga (ga) | njé (je) | njêga (ga) |
dative | njêmu (mu) | njéj, njèj, njì (ji) | njêmu (mu) |
locative | njêm | njéj, njèj, njì | njêm |
instrumental | njím | njó | njím |
possessive | njegôv, njegòv | njén | njegôv, njegòv |
dual | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ônadva | ônidve, onédve | ônidve, onédve |
accusative | njíju (ju, -nju) or plural | njíju (ju, -nju) or plural | njíju (ju, -nju) or plural |
genitive | njíju (ju) or plural | njíju (ju) or plural | njíju (ju) or plural |
dative | njíma (jima) | njíma (jima) | njíma (jima) |
locative | njíju or plural | njíju or plural | njíju or plural |
instrumental | njíma | njíma | njíma |
possessive | njún | njún | njún |
plural | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ôni | ône | ôna |
accusative | njìh (jih, -nje) | njìh (jih, -nje) | njìh (jih, -nje) |
genitive | njìh (jih) | njìh (jih) | njìh (jih) |
dative | njìm (jim) | njìm (jim) | njìm (jim) |
locative | njìh | njìh | njìh |
instrumental | njími | njími | njími |
possessive | njíhov | njíhov | njíhov |
oni - Sranan Tongo
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈo.ni/
Noun
oni
oni - Volapük
Pronoun
oni
- accusative singular of on
oni - Welsh
Alternative forms
- onid (used before a vowel)
- on' (colloquial, before a consonant), on'd (colloquial, before a vowel)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɔni/
Conjunction
oni (triggers mixed mutation except of forms of bod)
- unless
- oni lwydda ― unless he succeeds
- Oni bai fe yma, bydden ni wedi gwybod.
- Unless he were here, we would have known.
- until
- oni ddaw fe ― until he comes
Synonyms
Particle
oni (triggers mixed mutation)
- used to introduce a negative question
- Oni fuom yn proffwydo yn dy enw di?
- Did we not prophesy in thy name?
- (colloquial) used to form a tag question
- Byddwch chi yma, oni fyddwch chi?
- You'll be there, won't you?
oni - Yoruba
Alternative forms
- èní (Lagos)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ò.nĩ́/
Noun
òní
- today
- Òní ni ọjọ́-ìbí mi.
- Today is my birthday.
Derived terms
- àtànámónìí (“combination of today and yesterday”)
- lónìí (“today”)
- òde-òní (“modern, contemporary time”)
- Òní (“a child who cries non-stop until its naming ceremony”)