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Oni Personal Pronoun Indefinite Al I English Sentence

The Esperanto word "oni" is an indefinite personal pronoun meaning "one" or "somebody". It is used to talk about general actions or facts without specifying the person.

La Esperanto-vorto "oni" estas nepersona pronomo, kiu signifas "oni" aŭ "iu". Ĝi estas uzata por paroli pri ĝeneralaj agoj aŭ faktoj sen specifigi la personon.

Frequency Rank of Word 43
Word oni
Meanings
    (indefinite personal pronoun)
    one
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/one
Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
on
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/on#French
 or
English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language
one
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/one#English
, plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )    : /ˈoni/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ni
  • Rhymes:
    -oni
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/oni
  • Audio:
    		(
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-oni.ogg
    )

Pronoun

oni (accusative

onin
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/onin#Esperanto
, possessive
onia
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/onia#Esperanto
)

  1. (indefinite personal pronoun)
    one
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/one
    Oni povas vidi ĝin ― One can see it.

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"."

Descendants

  • → Ido:
    onu
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/onu#Ido

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