îi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ii"

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɨj]

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin illī, dative common singular of ille.

Pronoun

îi m (unstressed dative form of el)

1. (indirect object, third-person masculine singular) to him

Pronoun

îi f (unstressed dative form of ea)

1. (indirect object, third-person feminine singular) to her

Pronoun

îi m (unstressed accusative form of ei)

1. (direct object, third-person masculine plural) them

   Îi poți ajuta în timp ce o opresc pe Mari de la distrugerea casei mele?

   can you help them while I stop Mari from destroying my house?

Related terms

• lui (stressed dative of el)
• ei (stressed dative of ea)
• ei (stressed accusative of ei)
• le (unstressed accusative of ele (feminine))
• îl (unstressed accusative of el (singular))

Etymology 2

Verb

îi

1. third-person singular present indicative of fi: he/she/it is

   Synonyms: este, e

Sango

Noun

îi

1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) âa, bêe, dêe, êe, fêe, gâa, hâsi, îi, kâa, êle, êmo, êni, ô, pêe, êre, êsi, têe, ûu, vêe, wêe, yêe, zêe