oni

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

oni pl.

  1. they (third person, personal, plural)

[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Etymology

French on or English one, plus the i of personal pronouns.

[edit] Pronoun

oni (accusative onin, possessive onia)

  1. (indefinite personal pronoun) one
    Oni povas vidi ĝin — One can see it.

[edit] 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"."

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

oni (hiragana おに)

  1. : evil spirit; demon; "it" in a game of tag
  2. : the player(s) to catch the other players at children's traditional game, like hide and seek, kick the can

[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • /ˈɔni/

[edit] Pronoun

oni

  1. they (third-person m. personal nominative).

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ǒni/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ni

[edit] Pronoun

òni (Cyrillic spelling о̀ни)

  1. they (nominative plural of ȏn (he))

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[edit] Slovak

[edit] Pronoun

oni

  1. they (third person, personal, m. pl.)

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Pronoun

oni m.

  1. they

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[edit] Swahili

[edit] Noun

oni

  1. opinion (subjective thought)


This Swahili entry was created from the translations listed at opinion. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see oni in the Swahili Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009


[edit] Volapük

[edit] Pronoun

oni

  1. accusative singular of on

[edit] Welsh

[edit] Conjunction

oni

  1. unless
    Oni bai fe yma, bydden ni wedi gwybod = Unless he were here, we would have known
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