si

See also: sí, sì, și, šī, and Variations of "si"

si - Translingual

Symbol

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Sinhalese.

si - English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA: /siː/

Noun

si (plural sis)

(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.

Translations

Anagrams

'is, I's, IS, Is, i's, is, is-, is.

si - Albanian

Pronunciation

IPA: [si]

Adverb

how; in what way; in what state
- Si janë shokët e tu? ― How are your friends?
like, as
- Si e dini, nuk kemi filluar ende.
  - As you know, we've not yet begun.

Derived terms

disi
sido
sidoqoftë

si - Alemannic German

Pronoun

si f

she
it (for referents of the feminine grammatical gender)

Declension

		nominative	accusative	dative	possessive m
1st person singular		ich, i	mich, mi	mir, mier, mer	min, miin
2nd person singular	familiar	du	dich, di	dir, dier, der	din, diin
2nd person singular	polite	Si		Ine, Ene, -ne	Ire
3rd person singular	m	er	in, en	im	sin, siin
	f	si		ire
	n	es, 's, -s		im	sin, siin
1st person plural		mir, mer	üs, öis, ois, eus		üse, öise, oise, euse
2nd person plural		ir, ier	öi, eu		öie, eure
3rd person plural		si		ine, ene, -ne	ire

Pronoun

si pl

they

Declension

		nominative	accusative	dative	possessive m
1st person singular		ich, i	mich, mi	mir, mier, mer	min, miin
2nd person singular	familiar	du	dich, di	dir, dier, der	din, diin
2nd person singular	polite	Si		Ine, Ene, -ne	Ire
3rd person singular	m	er	in, en	im	sin, siin
	f	si		ire
	n	es, 's, -s		im	sin, siin
1st person plural		mir, mer	üs, öis, ois, eus		üse, öise, oise, euse
2nd person plural		ir, ier	öi, eu		öie, eure
3rd person plural		si		ine, ene, -ne	ire

Alternative forms

siin

Determiner

Declension

Inflected forms include:

	Singular			Plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	Plural
Nominative Accusative	si	sini	si	sini
Genitive	sines & si's		sines
Dative	si'm & sim	siner	si'm & sim	sine

Alternative forms

sii, siin, sinh, ŝchi

Verb

(Gressoney) to be

si - Asturian

Conjunction

si - Bahnar

Pronunciation

IPA: /siː/

Noun

louse

si - Belizean Creole

Verb

si - Bikol Central

Pronunciation

IPA: /si/

Article

si (plural sina)

direct marker placed before names or terms of address of people
- Nagdalagan si Juan. ― Juan ran.
- Dinara ninda si Tatay sa ospital. ― They brought Father to the hospital.
direct marker placed before an adjective used to refer to a person with those distinct characteristics
- Yaon na si Taba. ― Fatso is here.
(Naga) direct marker placed before common nouns
- Kinua ko na si pakete. ― I already got the package
- Synonym: su

si - Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA: /ˈsi/
Homophone: sí

Conjunction

Noun

si m (plural sis)

(music) si (seventh note of a diatonic scale)

Noun

si m (plural sins)

cavity, depression
(anatomy) sinus
(figuratively) uterus
front portion of the breast
(figuratively) heart
estuary, bay

Pronoun

Usage notes

Si is the stressed (or "strong", or "tonic") form of the reflexive pronoun es. As such, it is used after prepositions.

Declension

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal¹	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal²	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’⁴	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal²	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
¹⁾ Behaves grammatically as plural. ²⁾ Behaves grammatically as third person.			³⁾ Only as object of a preposition. ⁴⁾ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

si - Central Franconian

Alternative forms

sei, sein (Moselle Franconian)

Pronunciation

IPA: /ziː/, /zi/
Homophone: sie

Determiner

si (masculine senge or singe, feminine seng or sing)

(Ripuarian) his, its (third-person masculine and neuter possessive)
- Wo hät e dann si Jlas henjestallt? ― Where did he put his glass?

Usage notes

The form seng/sing is used for the neuter when strongly stressed: Dat es sing Booch! (“That's his book!”) Contrariwise, the form si may be used for the masculine and feminine when unstressed, chiefly with words for relatives: si Papp (“his father”, but less common than senge Papp).

si - Chamorro

Preposition

Subject marker for personal names

si - Chavacano

Particle

Conjunction

si - Cimbrian

Alternative forms

zi (Sette Comuni)

Pronoun

(Luserna) she, it

Inflection

Personal pronouns
	singular	plural
1st person	i	biar
2nd person	du	iar
3rd person	er, si, 'z	se

si - Czech

Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈsɪ]

Pronoun

si (reflexive)

clitic dative of sebe:
- to oneself
- to myself
- to yourself
  - Posluž si. ― Serve yourself.
- to himself
- to herself
- to itself
- to ourselves
- to yourselves
- to themselves
- Synonym: (stressed) sobě

si - Dalmatian

Numeral

si - Danish

Pronunciation

IPA: /siː/, [siːˀ]

Noun

si c (singular definite sien, plural indefinite sier)

Inflection

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	si	sien	sier	sierne
genitive	sis	siens	siers	siernes

Verb

si (imperative si, infinitive at si, present tense sier, past tense siede, perfect tense har siet)

si - Dutch

Noun

si m or f (plural si's, diminutive sietje n)

musical note; ti

Anagrams

si - Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA: [si]
Hyphenation: si

Pronoun

si (reflexive, accusative sin, possessive sia)

himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself

Usage notes

The reflexive pronoun si is only used to refer to the third person (In English: he/she/it/they) not the first or second person (In English: I/we/you). When the subject of a sentence is first or second person, the same pronoun is repeated (with the accusative ending -n added if needed) instead of using si. (E.g. "they wash themselves" is ili lavas sin, but "I wash myself" is mi lavas min, instead of *mi lavas sin.)

si - Ewe

Verb

to escape

si - Fala

Conjunction

if (used to introduce a condition or choice)

Pronoun

Alternative form of se

si - French

Pronunciation

IPA: /si/
Homophones: ci, scie, scient, scies

Conjunction

if, whether
- Je me demande si elle sera seule. ― I wonder if she'll be alone.
- Je veux savoir si tu viendras ou non. ― I want to know if you're coming or not.
if (assuming that)
- Si j'avais ses pouvoirs, je créerais un monde où le mal n'existe pas. ― If I had his power, I'd create a world where evil didn't exist.
- Si tu n'avais pas appelé, je serais morte. ― If you hadn't called, I'd be dead.
even if
although, while

Usage notes

Elided preceding il or ils, resulting in the contracted forms s'il and s'ils.

Derived terms

Interjection

yes (used to contradict a negative statement)
- Tu ne m’aimes pas, n’est-ce pas ? — Si !
  - You don’t like me, do you? — Yes, I do!
- Moi, je n'ai rien fait ! — Si !
  - I didn't do anything! — Yes, you did!
- Synonym: (archaic) si fait

Usage notes

The positive particle usage is uncommon in Québec.

Adverb

so, such (intensifier)
- J’étais si fatigué ces jours-ci que je n’avais pas le courage de vous écrire.
  - I was so tired those days that I didn't have the energy to write to you.
- Cela n'aurait pas été une si bonne idée.
  - That wouldn't have been such a good idea.
(si + adjective/adverb + que ... ) however (to whatever extent or degree)
- Synonyms: aussi, tout, quelque
- Si bavard qu'il soit, il ne dit rien de stupide.
  - However talkative he may be, he doesn't say anything stupid.

Usage notes

In the sense however, the verb is usually in the subjunctive.
The que is sometimes replaced by an inverted-subject construction with a subjunctive verbal element and nominal, usually a personal pronoun.
- si heureuse soit-elle ― however happy she may be
- si faible paraisse-t-il ― however weak he may seem

Noun

si m (plural si)

(music) si, the note 'B'

Derived terms

si majeur

si - Friulian

Pronoun

si (third person)

(reflexive) himself, herself

Related terms

si - Galician

Interjection

yes
- Antonym: non

Pronoun

si (accusative se, dative se)

himself, herself, itself
themselves

Usage notes

The pronoun si is used exclusively as the object of a preposition; no nominative form exists.

Noun

si m (plural sis)

(music) si (musical note)
(music) B (the musical note or key)

si - Gothic

Romanization

Romanization of 𐍃𐌹

si - Guinea-Bissau Creole

Conjunction

si - Haitian Creole

Conjunction

si - Iau

Noun

woman

si - Ido

Pronunciation

IPA: /si/

Adverb

(archaic) yes
- Synonym: yes
- Antonym: no

si - Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA: /si/

Article

Definite article used before the names of those with whom the speaker and interlocutor is intimate
- Tidak ada yang memperhatikan si Tigor. ― No-one paid any attention to poor Tigor.
- Aku bilang sama si Yopi, jangan khawatir ― I said to old Yopi, don't worry.
- Katanya si Tuti sakit ― I hear little Tuti is ill.
Definite article used before a noun referring to a particular person in a category
- Si penjual jamu itu cantik sekali. ― That jamu seller is very pretty.
- Dia ketawa sama si orang asing itu. ― She was laughing with the foreigner.
- Si pemuda tersenyum lebar lalu pergi. ― The young man smiled broadly then left.
Definite article used before an adjective referring to a person whose well-known characteristics are referred to by the adjective
- Namanya si Putih ― Its name is Whitey.
- Si Gendut ― Fatso
- Si Goblok ― Old Muttonhead

Noun

(law enforcement) aphetic form of seksi (“section”)

si - Interlingua

Adverb

si - Italian

Alternative forms

-si (enclitic)

Pronunciation

IPA: /si/
Hyphenation: si

Pronoun

(reflexive) oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
- Il tuo gatto si lava sul mio letto. ― Your cat cleans himself/itself on my bed.
- La tua gatta si lava sul mio letto. ― Your cat cleans herself on my bed.
- Marco si è rotto il braccio. ― Marco has broken his arm.
(reciprocal pronoun) each other, one another
- Carlo e Laura si amano. ― Carlo and Laura love each other.
(indefinite) one, you, we, they, people
- In Italia si pranza intorno all'una. ― In Italy they eat lunch around 13.
- In Italia si tende ad andare a letto tardi. ― In Italy, people tend to go to bed late.
- Si dice che Maria volesse uccidere Giovanni. ― It is said that Maria wanted to kill Giovanni.
- Da questa finestra si vede la banca. ― From this window, one can see the bank.
(si passivante) Used to form the passive voice of a verb; it
- Si vende latte. / Vendesi latte. ― Milk for sale.
- Non si accettano carte di credito. ― Credit cards are not accepted.
(Rome, dialectal) reflexive and reciprocal first person pronoun, where Standard Italian uses ci
- Se semo fatti sei chilometri a fette. (Ci siamo fatti sei chilometri a piedi.)
  - We walked for six kilometers.
- Volemose bene. (Vogliamoci bene.)
  - Let's love each other.
- Se la smezzamo? (Ce la dividiamo?)
  - Do you want to split?

Usage notes

When si is part of an infinitive, it can be placed before it as a separate word, but more often it is attached to the end. In this case, the final -e of the infinitive is dropped, or, in the case of infinitives ending in -rre, the final -re is dropped. Examples: amar(e) + si = amarsi; ridur(re) + si = ridursi.
Often translated using the passive voice in English when used as indefinite personal pronoun:
- Si dice che […] ― It is said that […]
Verb + si is often translated as become or get + [past participle] in English.
In cases where si (indefinite pronoun) and si (reflexive pronoun) follow each other, the first si is replaced with ci:
- Ci si lava. ― One washes oneself.
- (instead of: *Si si lava.)
Becomes se when followed by a third-person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

Noun

(music) si (musical note B)

si - Japhug

Verb

si - Kabuverdianu

Conjunction

Adverb

si - Khumi Chin

Pronunciation

IPA: /sʰi˩/

Noun

wild cow

si - Koro (India)

Noun

water

si - Kusaal

Noun

saw (tool)

si - Ladin

Adjective

(possessive) his, her, hers, its, their

si - Latin

Alternative forms

sei (standard in Republican spelling)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA: /siː/, [s̠iː]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA: /si/, [siː]

Conjunction

sī

if, supposing that
- Sī versūs hōrum duōrum poētārum neglegētis, magnā parte litterārum carēbitis.
  - If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.
whether (when a verb of seeing or trying is the main verb in the apodosis; or when sī is used twice correlatively)
- sī... sī ― whether... or

Derived terms

sīc (“so, thus”)
sīcut (“as”)
sīs (“if you will”)
sīve / seu (“disjunctive sī”)
sōdēs (“if you will”)
ac sī (“just as if”)
nisi (“unless”)
quasi (“as if, like”)
sī(n) aliter (“if otherwise”)
sī dīs placet (“expr. of indignant surprise”)
sīcubi (“if anywhere”)
sīcunde (“if from anywhere”)
sīn (“if however”)
sī mē amās (“please”)
sī minus (“if not”)
sī modo (“provided that”)
sī nōn (“if not”)
sī̆ quandō (“if ever”)
sī̆ quidem (“if/since indeed”)
sī quis / sī quid (“if anybody/anything”)
sī vīs (“if you like”)
sī vīvō (“as sure as I'm alive”)
sī nōndum (“if not yet”)

Descendants

Aromanian: si
Catalan: si
Franco-Provençal: se
French: si
Friulian: se
Galician: se
Italian: se
Occitan: se
Portuguese: se
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: si
- Kabuverdianu: si
- Papiamentu: si
Romanian: să
Romansch: sche
Sicilian: si
Spanish: si

si - Latvian

Noun

si m (invariable)

(music) si

si - Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

IPA: /si/

Numeral

six.

Usage notes

This word is used with nouns that begin with consonant sounds. See the usage notes about sis.

si - Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

IPA: /zi/

Pronoun

third-person feminine singular, nominative: she
- Si ass eng ganz schéi Fra. ― She is a very beautiful woman
third-person feminine singular, accusative: her
- Den Hond huet si gebass. ― The dog bit her
third-person plural, nominative: they
- Si si ganz schéi Fraen. ― They are very beautiful women.
third-person plural, accusative: them
- Den Hond huet si gebass. ― The dog bit them

Usage notes

The feminine singular is used chiefly with feminine words for things. Female persons are predominantly treated as grammatically neuter, though the feminine is not impossible. See hatt for more.

Declension

		nominative		accusative		dative		reflexive
		str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.	reflexive
1st person singular		ech	—	mech	—	mir	mer	like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (informal)		du	de	dech	—	dir	der	like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (formal)		Dir	Der	Iech	Iech [əɕ]	Iech	Iech [əɕ]	Iech
3rd person singular	m	hien	en	hien	en	him	em	sech
	f	si	se	si	se	hir	er	sech
	n	hatt	et ('t)	hatt	et ('t)	him	em	sech
1st person plural		mir	mer	eis (ons)	—	eis (ons)	—	eis (ons)
2nd person plural		dir	der	iech	iech [əɕ]	iech	iech [əɕ]	iech
3rd person plural		si	se	si	se	hinnen	en	sech

si - Malay

Article

the (primarily used with people, rarely necessary)
- Ke mana perginya si budak nakal yang aku jumpa di taman tadi?
  - Where has the brat I just met in the park headed to?
definite particle used with adjectives to describe people
- si mati
  - the dead (person)
a definite article used in names or nicknames
- Si Polan
  - John Doe

Synonyms

sang (more formal)

si - Mandarin

Romanization

si (si⁵／si⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄙ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 廁／厕

Nonstandard spelling of sī.
Nonstandard spelling of sǐ.
Nonstandard spelling of sì.

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

si - Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

IPA: /si/

Conjunction

Derived terms

sinon

Interjection

yes (used to contradict a negative statement)

si - Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA: /ziː/

Alternative forms

sie, soe, so

Pronoun

Inflection

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd			1st	2nd	3rd
			masc.	fem.	neut.
nominative	ic	du	hi	si	het	wi	gi	si
accusative	mi	di	hem, hen	haer		ons	u	hem, hen
dative					hem, hen
genitive	mijn	dijn	sijn	haer	sijn	onse	uwe	haer

Descendants

Dutch: zij
- Afrikaans: sy
Limburgish: zie

Alternative forms

Pronoun

they (all genders)

Inflection

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd			1st	2nd	3rd
			masc.	fem.	neut.
nominative	ic	du	hi	si	het	wi	gi	si
accusative	mi	di	hem, hen	haer		ons	u	hem, hen
dative					hem, hen
genitive	mijn	dijn	sijn	haer	sijn	onse	uwe	haer

Descendants

Dutch: zij
Limburgish: zie

Verb

first/third-person singular present subjunctive of wēsen

si - Middle English

Verb

(Early Middle English, rare) singular present subjunctive of been

si - Middle French

Alternative forms

Adverb

if
then (afterwards; following)

Descendants

French: si

si - Middle Low German

Pronunciation

Possibly: IPA: /siː/
Certainly: Stem vowel: ê⁴
- IPA: /siɛ/, /siə/

Pronoun

sî

Alternative form of sê

si - Mòcheno

Pronoun

she, it

Inflection

Personal pronouns
	singular	plural
1st person	i	biar
2nd person	du	ir
3rd person	er, si, s	sei

si - Molo

Noun

water

si - Nalca

Noun

tooth
name

si - Norman

Conjunction

(Guernsey) if

si - Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA: /siː/

Verb

si (imperative si, present tense sier, passive sies, past tense sa, past participle sagt, present participle siende)

to say

Derived terms

selvsagt
sjølsagt
si det med blomster

Determiner

feminine singular of sin

Noun

si (uncountable)

Alternative form of side, used only in the phrase på si.

Noun

si (uncountable)

(music) si (seventh note of a major scale)

Anagrams

-is, is

si - Norwegian Nynorsk

Determiner

si f

feminine singular of sin

Pronunciation

IPA: /siː/
Homophone: sid

Noun

si m (definite singular si-en, indefinite plural si-ar, definite plural si-ane)

(music) si, a syllable used in seventh note of a major scale

Coordinate terms

(scale of solfège): do, re, mi, fa, so (or sol), la, ti (or si), do

Noun

si n (definite singular siet, uncountable)

(collective, nautical, dated) tatters of rope used to stop leakage

Noun

si ?

Used only idiomatically in the prepositional phrase på si.

Adverb

(dialectal) since
(dialectal) ago
(dialectal) because, for

Anagrams

IS, is, SI, si-

si - Old French

Alternative forms

se
s' (before a vowel)

Adverb

so; thus; in such a way

Descendants

French: si
Norman: si

Conjunction

Alternative form of se (if)

si - Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈsi/

Adverb

yes, affirmatively

Descendants

Fala: sí
Galician: si
Portuguese: sim

si - Old High German

Verb

sī

first/third-person singular present subjunctive of wesan

si - Old Saxon

Pronunciation

IPA: /si/

Article

feminine nominative singular of sē

Declension

	Singular			Plural
	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Plural
nominative	sē	that	si, sia	thē, thie
accusative	than, then	that	thē, thie	thē, thie
genitive	thēs	thēs	thēra	thēra
dative	thēm	thēm	thēra	thēm
instrumental	thiu, thia, thuo, thuru		-

si - Pali

Root

to lie down

Derived terms

Verbs

sayati
sayāpeti
seti

Root

to rest on

Usage notes

The initial consonant tends to geminate after prefixes.

Derived terms

Verbs

nissayati

Non-present participles, gerundives, absolutives and infinitives

Nouns

nissaya

si - Papiamentu

Conjunction

if
when

Adverb

si - Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA: /ˈsi/

(Portugal) IPA: /ˈsi/

Hyphenation: si

Alternative forms

sy (obsolete)

Pronoun

si (reflexive)

(following a preposition) oneself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, yourselves, themselves

Noun

si m (plural sis)

si (musical note)

Coordinate terms

(C major scale) escala de dó maior; dó, ré, mi, fá, sol, lá, si

Conjunction

Eye dialect spelling of se, representing Brazil Portuguese.

si - Quapaw

Noun

foot

si - Romagnol

Pronunciation

- (Central Romagnol): IPA: [ˈsiː]

- - (Ville Unite):

Numeral

si m

six
- Uj vö si dè.
  - It takes six days.

Noun

si m (plural si)

Si (musical note)

Noun

si m (plural si)

tallow

si - Romani

Verb

to be
there be
Used before an accusative personal pronoun to indicate possession.
- Si la kale bala.
  - She has black hair.

Usage notes

The personal pronoun is often omitted when si is used to mean "to be".
When a noun indicates the possessor, si follows the accusative case of the noun.

Conjugation

		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	sem	san	si	sam	sen	si
	perfect	semas	sanas	sas	samas	senas	sas
	future	avava	avesa	avela	avasa	avena	avena
	imperfect	semas	sanas	sasas	samas	senas	sasas (sinesas)
	past perfect	avilemas	avilǎnas	avilǎsas	avilǎmas	avilenas	avilenas
infinitive		te avav / te ovav	te aves / te oves	te avel / te ovel	te avas / te ovas	te aven / te oven	te aven / te oven
subjunctive	present	avavas	avesas	avelas	avasas	avenas	avenas
subjunctive	past	avilemas	avilǎnas	avilǎsas	avilǎmas	avilenas	avilenas
imperative		—	av (ov)	—	—	aven (oven)	—

Derived terms

si te

si - Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA: /si/

Noun

si m (plural si)

(music) si (musical note B)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) si	siul	(niște) si	sii
genitive/dative	(unui) si	siului	(unor) si	silor
vocative	siule		silor

si - Romansch

Alternative forms

(Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sen, se
(Puter, Vallader) sü

Adverb

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) up, upward, upwards

si - Sassarese

Pronunciation

IPA: /si/

Alternative forms

s' (apocopic)
-ssi (enclitic)

Pronoun

(reflexive) oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
- La camìsgia si la pònini li manni ― Adults wear shirts (literally, “The adults put the shirt on themselves”)
(reciprocal pronoun) each other, one another
- Eddi s'àmani ― They love each other
(indefinite) one, you, we, they, people
- Lu zipressu si dizi "àiburu di campusantu" ― The cypress is called "graveyard tree"

Related terms

sóiu

Conjunction

if
- Si lu sai, dìmmiru! ― If you know, tell me! (literally, “If you know it, tell it to me!”)

si - Savi

Noun

bridge

si - Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA: /si/

Pronoun

si (Cyrillic spelling си)

(reflexive) Replaces the dative of a personal pronoun when the subject is of the same person as the dative object; to oneself (clitic dative singular of sȅbe (“oneself”))
1. to myself
2. to yourself
3. to himself, herself, itself
4. to ourselves
5. to yourselves
6. to themselves
(reflexive, emphatic, possessive, dative) one's, of oneself (clitic dative singular of sebe (“one”))
- Kako li je samo zaboravio gdje si je parkirao auto?
  - Just how did he forget where he parked his car?

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	—	—
genitive	sȅbe, se	sȅbe
dative	sȅbi, si	sȅbi
accusative	sȅbe, se	sȅbe
vocative	—	—
locative	sȅbi	sȅbi
instrumental	sȍbōm	sȍbom

Verb

si (Cyrillic spelling си)

second-person singular present of bȉti

si - Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA: [si]

Verb

second-person singular present of byť: ((you) are, (thou) art)

Pronoun

replaces the dative of a personal pronoun when the subject is of the same person as the dative object; roughly comparable with to oneself or for oneself
- Synonym: sebe
- Kupujem si topánky. ― I am buying myself shoes.
- Komu kupuješ topánky? Sebe. ― Whom are you buying the shoes for? Myself.

si - Slovene

Pronunciation 1

IPA: /sí/

Verb

sȉ

second-person singular present of bíti

Pronunciation 2

IPA: /si/

Pronoun

dative singular of sébe

si - Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: /si/ [si]
Syllabification: si
Homophone: sí

Conjunction

Derived terms

si - Sumerian

Romanization

Romanization of 𒋛 (si)

si - Swahili

Verb

negative present (all persons, numbers, and classes) of -wa (“to not be”)

si - Tagalog

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: si
IPA: /si/, [sɪ]

Article

si (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ, plural sina)

direct marker placed before names or terms of address of people
- Tumakbo si Juan.
  - Juan ran.
- Dinala nila si Tatay sa ospital.
  - They brought Father to the hospital.
direct marker placed before an adjective used to refer to a person with those distinct characteristics
- Nandiyan na si taba. ― Fatso is there.

Alternative forms

c (text messaging)
çi (archaic)

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: si
IPA: /si/, [sɪ]

Noun

si (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ)

The name of the Latin-script letter C/c, in the Filipino alphabet.
- Synonym: (in the Abecedario) ce

si - Ternate

Adverb

first, firstly

si - Tok Pisin

Noun

sea
waves; breakers; swells

si - Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA: /si/

Noun

si (definite accusative siyi, plural siler)

(music) si (musical note B)

si - Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA: [si˧˧]
(Huế) IPA: [ʂɪj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA: [ʂɪj˧˧] ~ [sɪj˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cây) si

certain members of the Mallotus and Ficus genera

si - Volapük

Interjection

si - Walloon

Pronunciation

IPA: /si/

Conjunction

si - Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA: /siː/

Noun

si m (plural sïon, not mutable)

murmur, hum
rumour

si - Yoruba

Pronunciation

IPA: /sí/

Noun

sí

The name of the Latin-script letter S.

Preposition

sí

to, at, toward (used when movement is implied)

Verb

sí

(intransitive) to be far, to be distant

Verb

sí

(intransitive) Negative form of wà

Conjunction

sì

Usage notes

Sì is solely used to join verbs/sentences and not nouns, for which àti is used. Additionally, when sì is used, the subject of each verb must be specified.

Mo jó, mo kọ́ ẹ̀kọ́, mo sì kọ lẹ́tà. – I danced, studied, and wrote a letter.
Wọn kò fẹ́ ṣiṣẹ́, wọn kò sì fẹ́ ṣeré. – They don't want to work or play.

si - Zhuang

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA: /θi˧˥/
Tone numbers: si⁵
Hyphenation: si

Noun

si (1957–1982 spelling si)

city
- Nanzningz Si
  - Nanning City

si - Zou

Pronunciation

IPA: /si˧˩/

Noun

sì

blood

Verb

sì

(intransitive) to die