-i

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Contents 1 Esperanto 1.1 Suffix 2 German 2.1 Suffix 2.1.1 See also 3 Hungarian 3.1 Suffix 3.2 See also 4 Italian 4.1 Suffix 5 Latin 5.1 Suffix 6 Romanian 6.1 Suffix 6.1.1 Usage notes 7 Turkish 7.1 Suffix 8 Uzbek 8.1 Suffix

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-i

1. (verb ending marking the infinitive)

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[edit] German

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-i

1. (sometimes used to create a diminutive form, as in Hans -> Hansi)

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• -lein
• -chen
• -erl (Austrian dialect)

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[edit] Hungarian

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-i

1. Creates adjectives from proper nouns.

   Amerika (America) - amerikai (American)

2. Creates adjectives from nouns.

   város (city) - városi élet (city life)

3. Diminutive suffix for nouns, mostly used by the younger generation or in informal conversations.

   fagylalt (ice cream) - fagyi

[edit] See also

• Category:Hungarian words suffixed with -i

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[edit] Italian

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-i

1. Used with a stem to form the second-person singular present of regular are, -ere verbs and those -ire verbs that don't take "isc"
2. Used with a stem to form the second-person imperative of -ere verbs
3. Used with a stem to form the first-, second- and third person singular present subjunctive of -are verbs
4. Used with a stem to form the third-person singular imperative of -are verbs

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[edit] Latin

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-ī

1. (nominative and vocative plural masculine ending for second declension nouns)
2. (genitive singular ending for second declension nouns)
3. (vocative singular masculine ending for second declension nouns ending in -ius)
4. (dative singular ending for third declension nouns)
5. (ablative singular ending for third declension i-stem nouns, such as rete, animal and sometimes navis)
6. (perfect active indicative first-person singular ending for verbs)
7. (present passive infinitive ending for third conjugation verbs)

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[edit] Romanian

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-i

1. (definite article) the

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Used for:

• Masculine plurals (eg. bărbaţii)

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[edit] Turkish

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-ı (with back vowel harmony)

1. -i (with front vowel harmony)

Other forms: -u, -ü (if last vocal is o,ö,u or ü), -yı, -yi, -yu, -yü (after a vocal), -nı, -ni, -nu, -nü (after possessive)

Examples: ev-i, araba-yı, yol-u, babası-nı

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[edit] Uzbek

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-i (-и)

1. Third person singular possessive suffix. Used after a noun ending in a consonant. It has the same meaning as "uning" (its) placed before a noun.
   • Bu kitobi.

     "This is its book."