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6000 Most Frequent Esperanto Words [w/ 60k+ example sents]

Oni Personal Pronoun Indefinite Al I English Sentence

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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