я

Character	я
Unicode name	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YA
Cyrillic	U+044F

See also Appendix:Variations of "r"

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂

Pronoun

я (ja)

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

See also

Belarusian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		я (ja)	мы (my)
2nd person	familiar	ты (ty)	вы (vy)
	polite	вы (vy), Вы (Vy)
3rd person	m.	ён (jon)	яны (janý)
	f.	яна (janá)
	n.	яно (janó)
reflexive		сябе (sjabé), сабе (sebé), сабой (sabój) - oblique forms of сам (sam)

• Letter styles
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  Cyrillic letter Я я, normal above, italics below.

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  Handwritten forms

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Bulgarian

Pronoun

я (ja)

1. accusative short form of тя

See also

• нея

• Letter styles
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  Cyrillic letter Я я, normal above, italics below.

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  Handwritten forms

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Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ja]

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

Wikipedia

я (lower case, upper case Я)

1. The thirty-third and final letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is я (ja) and it has the sound of English ya in yard. It is preceded by the letter Ю.

See also

• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: Я, я

• Letter styles
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  Cyrillic letter Я я, normal above, italics below.

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  Handwritten forms

Pronoun

я (ja)

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

   Я русский

   I am Russian.

Declension

    declension of я

	singular	plural
nominative	я	мы
genitive	меня́	нас
dative	мне	нам
accusative	меня́	нас
instrumental	мной, мно́ю	на́ми
prepositional	обо мне	о нас

Related terms

• мой
• свой

See also

Russian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		я (ja)	мы (my)
2nd person	familiar	ты (ty)	вы (vy)
	polite	вы (vy), Вы (Vy)
3rd person	m.	он (on)	они (oní)
	f.	она (oná)
	n.	оно (onó)
reflexive		себя (sebjá), себе (sebé), собой (sobój) - oblique forms of сам (sam)

• сам

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Pronoun

я (ja)

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

See also

Ukrainian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		я (ja)	ми (my)
2nd person	familiar	ти (ty)	ви (vy)
	polite	ви (vy), Ви (Vy)
3rd person	m.	він (vin)	вони (janý)
	f.	вона (voná)
	n.	воно (vonó)
reflexive		себе (sebé), собі (sobí), собою (sobóju) - oblique forms of сам (sam)

• Letter styles
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  Cyrillic letter Я я, normal above, italics below.

• 

  Handwritten forms