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Si Mem Li Al Parolas ŝi Mi Pronoun

Frequency Rank of Word 191
Word si
Meanings
    himself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/himself
    ,
    herself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/herself
    ,
    itself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/itself
    ,
    themselves
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/themselves
    ,
    oneself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oneself
Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
si
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/si#Italian
,
French
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language
soi
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soi#French
,
Spanish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language
se
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/se#Spanish
,
Latin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin
se
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/se#Latin
, 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
    )
    : /si/
  • Hyphenation: si
  • Audio:
    (
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-si.ogg
    )

Pronoun

si (reflexive, accusative

sin
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sin#Esperanto
, possessive
sia
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sia#Esperanto
)

  1. himself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/himself
    ,
    herself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/herself
    ,
    itself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/itself
    ,
    themselves
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/themselves
    ,
    oneself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oneself

Usage notes

The reflexive pronoun si is only used to refer to the third person (In English:

he
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/he
/
she
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/she
/
it
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/it
/
they
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/they
) not the first or second person (In English:
I
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/I
/
we
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/we
/
you
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/you
). When the subject of a sentence is first or second person, the same pronoun is repeated (with the accusative ending
-n
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-n#Esperanto
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.)


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