si

See also Appendix:Variations of "si"

English

Alternative forms

• ti

Pronunciation

• IPA: /si/

Noun

si (plural sis)

1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.

Translations

seventh note of a major scale

Arabic: سي (ar) m. Basque: si (eu) French: si (fr) French: si (fr) Japanese: シ (ja) (shi)

Korean: 시 (ko) (si) Portuguese: si (pt) m. Russian: си (ru) (si) n.

Anagrams

• is , Is, i's, I's, IS

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Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [si]

Adverb

si

1. how; in what way; in what state

   Si janë shokët e tu?

   How are your friends?

2. like, as

   Si e dini, nuk kemi filluar ende.

   As you know, we've not yet begun.

Derived terms

• disi
• sido
• sidoqoftë

See also

• qysh

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /si/, SAMPA: /si/
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

From Latin si (“if”).

Conjunction

si

1. if

See also

• si bé
• si de cas
• si doncs no
• si més no
• si no
• si per cas

Etymology 2

Noun

si m. (plural sis)

1. (music) si (seventh note of a diatonic scale)

Etymology 3

From Latin sĭnus.

Noun

si m. (plural sis)

1. cavity, depression
2. (anatomy) sinus
3. (figuratively) uterus
4. front portion of the breast
5. (figuratively) heart
6. estuary, bay

See also

• si d'Abraham m.

Etymology 4

Pronoun

si

1. himself, herself, itself
2. oneself
3. themselves
4. each other

Usage notes

• Si is the stressed (or "strong", or "tonic") form of the reflexive pronoun es. As such, it is used after prepositions.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi2	em, m'	-me, 'm	em, m'	-me, 'm	meu
2nd person	tu	et, t'	-te, 't	et, t'	-te, 't	teu
2nd person formal4	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person  very formal1	vostè	el, l'	-lo, 'l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l'	-lo, 'l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l'3	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s'	-se, 's	es, s'	-se, 's	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, 'ns	ens	-nos, 'ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal1	vostès	els	-los, 'ls	els	-los, 'ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, 'ls	els	-los, 'ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, 'ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s'	-se, 's	es, s'	-se, 's	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n'	-ne, 'n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as third person. 2) Only as object of a preposition.			3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. 4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

See also

• de si mateix
• en si
• entre si
• fora de si
• per a si
• per si mateix
• tornar en si

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

si (reflexive pronoun), dative

1. myself
2. yourself

   Posluž si. -- Serve yourself.

3. himself
4. herself
5. itself
6. ourselves
7. yourselves
8. themselves
9. oneself

Synonyms

• sobě

Related terms

• se

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Danish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /siː/, [siːˀ]

Noun

si c. (singular definite sien, plural indefinite sier)

1. sieve
2. strainer
3. colander

Inflection

    Inflection of si

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	si	sien	sier	sierne
genitive	sis	siens	siers	siernes

Verb

si (imperative si, infinitive at si, present tense sier, past tense siede, past participle har siet)

1. sieve
2. strain
3. sift

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Dutch

Noun

si ? (plural si's, diminutive si'tje)

1. musical note; ti

Anagrams

• is

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian si or French soi, plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronoun

si (reflexive, accusative sin, possessive sia)

1. himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself

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Ewe

Verb

si

1. To escape.

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /si/, SAMPA: /si/

Etymology 1

Latin si (“if”).

Conjunction

si

1. if

   Je me demande si elle sera seule

   I wonder if she'll be alone

   je veux savoir si tu viendras ou non

   I want to know if you're coming or not

   Si j'avais ses pouvoirs, je créerais un monde où le mal n'existe pas

   If I had his powers, I'd create a world where Bad didn't exist.

   Si tu n'avais pas appelé, je serais morte

   If you hadn't called, I'd be dead

2. even if

Derived terms

• si seulement
• sinon

Etymology 2

Latin sic (“so, thus”).

Interjection

si!

1. yes (used to contradict a negative statement) (often followed by I do, he is, etc., in English to indicate contradiction rather than affirmation).

   Tu ne m’aimes pas, n’est-ce pas ? — Si!

   You don’t like me, do you? — Yes, I do!

   Moi, je n'ai rien fait ! — Si!

   I didn't do anything! — Yes, you did!

Adverb

si

1. so, such (intensifier)

   J’étais si fatigué ces jours-ci que je n’avais pas le courage de vous écrire.

   I was so tired those days that I didn't have the energy to write to you.

   Cela n'aurait pas été une si bonne idée

   That wouldn't have been such a good idea.

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin sibi, dative of suī (“himself, one another”).

Interjection

si

1. yes

Antonyms

• (yes): non

Etymology 2

From Latin sē, ablative and accusative pronoun form.

Pronoun

si reflexive, sg. and pl.

1. himself, herself, itself (reflexive singular third-person personal pronoun)
2. themselves (reflexive plural third-person personal pronoun)

Usage notes

The form si is the reflexive pronoun only when used as a prepositional object. The direct and indirect object reflexive form is se.

Related terms

• se

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns
• consigo

Etymology 3

Noun

si m. (plural sis)

1. (music) C (note of the musical scale)

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Gothic

Romanization

si

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌹

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Indonesian

Article

si

1. Definite grammatical article (diminutive). There is no exact equivalent of the Indonesian si in languages such as English, but it can be described as a personal definite article. In the American sitcom Happy Days, a character called The Fonz by his friends....in Indonesian, this could be translated as Si Fonz. Thus it is used when talking about someone else if they are on close, intimate terms with that person. Apart from the more friendly connotation, it is also a diminutive and can stand in for the words "little", "old" and "poor" when talking about others in a cute, disparaging, disrespectful or casual manner. It is used when talking about someone, not to them. It should not be used to those who are of higher rank or deserving of respect (unless mocking them)

   Tidak ada yang memperhatikan si Tigor.

   No-one paid any attention to poor Tigor.

   Aku bilang sama si Yopi jangan khawatir

   I said to old Yopi, don't worry.

   Katanya si Tuti sakit (talking about a small child)

   I hear little Tuti is ill.

   Namanya si Putih (talking about a pet cat)

   Its name is Whitey.

   Si Gendut

   Fatso

   Si Goblok

   Old Muttonhead

2. Definite grammatical article (title 1) Besides the more humorous uses, si can be a way of putting a name to someone when you do not know that person's name and want to refer to them in an informal, casual or personalised way. This is done by putting si in front of the group, occupation or category to which that person belongs.

   Si pemuda tersenyum lebar lalu pergi.

   The young man smiled broadly then left.

   Si penjual jamu itu cantik sekali.

   That jamu selleris very pretty.

   Dia ketawa sama si orang asing itu.

   She was laughing with the foreigner.

3. Definite grammatical article (title 2) Similar to the preceding use, si is used to refer to all the members of a certain group or category.

   Si pembeli harus dilayani dengan ramah.

   The customer must be attended to in a friendly way.

   Kalau si swami beragama Kristen sedangkan si isteri beragama Islam, wah bisa ramai rumah tangganya.

   If the husband is a Christian and the wife is a Muslim, phew, you can expect fireworks in the household.

   Si ayah harus belajar mengenal si anak.

   The father has to learn to know the child.

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Interlingua

Adverb

si

1. yes

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Italian

Etymology

Latin se (“reflexive third-person pronoun: him-, her-, it-, themselves”).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

si

1. (indefinite) one, you, we, they, people

   Note: In this sense, si is often translated using the passive in English.

   Examples:

   • Non si deve parlare così (One/You/We/They/People shouldn’t speak like that)
   • Si parla italiano qui (Italian is spoken here or One/You/We/They/People speak(s) Italian here)

2. (reflexive) oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves; (reciprocal) each other, one another.

   Examples:

   • Giovanni si è fatto male (Giovanni has hurt himself)
   • Carlo e Laura si amano (Carlo and Laura love each other)

   Note: With some verbs, si is not translated in English.

   Examples:

   • Marco si è rotto il braccio (Marco has broken his arm)
   • Si è svegliata alle nove (She woke up at nine)

3. (the so-called si passivante, used to form the passive voice of a verb) it (but also see note below)

   Example: Si dice che Maria voleva uccidere Giovanni (It is said that Maria wanted to kill Giovanni).

   Note: In this sense, verb + si is often translated as become or get + past participle in English.

   Examples:

   • Ci vuole un po’ di tempo per abituarsi (It takes a while to become accustomed)
   • A Luca piace ubriacarsi (Luca likes to get drunk)

Usage notes

• When si is part of an infinitive, it can be placed before it as a separate word, but more often it is attached to the end. In this case, the final -e of the infinitive is dropped, or, in the case of infinitives ending in -rre, the final -re is dropped. Examples: amare + si = amarsi; ridurre + si = ridursi.

See also

• sì
• ci

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /siː/

• Audio (Classical)

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Conjunction

sī

1. if, supposing that

   Si versus horum duorum poetarum neglegetis, magna parte litterarum carebitis.

   If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.

Derived terms

• sodes
• si minus (if not)
• nisi
• si vis (sis)
• sī nōndum

Descendants

Aromanian: si Catalan: si French: si Friulian: se Galician: se Italian: se

Occitan: se Portuguese: se Romanian: să Romansch: sche Sicilian: si Spanish: si

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Lojban

Cmavo

si

1. (metalinguistic eraser) deletes the last word

Related terms

• sa
• su

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Luxembourgish

Pronoun

si

1. third-person feminine singular, nominative: she

   Si ass eng ganz schéi Fra

   She is a very beautiful woman

2. third-person feminine singular, accusative: her

   Den Hond huet si gebass

   The dog bit her

3. third-person plural, nominative: they

   Si wunnen zu Lëtzebuerg

   They live in Luxembourg

4. third-person plural, accusative: them

Declension

Luxembourgish personal pronouns

	nominative		accusative		dative		reflexive
	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.
1st person singular	ech	—	mech	—	mir	mer	mech
2nd person singular (informal)	du	de	dech	—	dir	der	dech
2nd person singular (formal)	Dir	—	Iech	—	Iech	—	Iech
3rd person singular (m)	hien	en	en	—	him	em	sech
3rd person singular (f)	si / hatt	se / et	si / hatt	se / et	hir / him	— / em	sech
3rd person singular (n)	et	't	et	't	him	em	sech
1st person plural	mir	mer	eis / ons	—	eis / ons	—	eis / ons
2nd person plural	dir	der	iech	—	iech	—	iech
3rd person plural	si	—	si	—	hinnen	–	sech

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Mandarin

Romanization

si

1. Nonstandard spelling of sī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of sǐ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sì.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch sia.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ziː/

Pronoun

si f.

1. she
2. they (all genders)

Declension

Middle Dutch personal pronouns

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd			1st	2nd	3rd
			masc.	fem.	neut.
nominative	ic	du	hi	si	het	wi	ghi	si
accusative	mi	di	hem, hen	haer		ons	u	hem, hen
dative					hem, hen
genitive	mijn	dijn	sijn	haer	sijn	onse	uwe	haer

Descendants

• Dutch: zij

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Norwegian

Etymology 1

Noun

si (uncountable)

1. (music) seventh note of a major scale

Etymology 2

Synonymous with side (side)

Noun

si (uncountable)

1. (singular only) side

Usage notes

This term is only used idiomatically in the phrase på si.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse segja

Verb

si (present tense sier, past tense sa, past participle sagt, imperative si)

1. say

Derived terms

• siende
• sigende

References

• “si” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
• “si” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si

Etymology

From Latin se (“reflexive third-person pronoun: him-, her-, it-, themselves”).

Pronoun

si (reflexive)

1. oneself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, yourselves, themselves.

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Subject (nominative case)	Objective (accusative case)	Prepositional (dative case)	com + indirect object (comitative case)
Singular	First	eu	me	mim	comigo
	Second	tu, você, o senhor, a senhora	te, você, o senhor, a senhora	ti, você, o senhor, a senhora	contigo
	Third	ele, ela	lhe, o, a, se	ele, ela, si	consigo
Plural	First	nós	nos	nós	conosco
	Second	vós, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras	vos, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras	vós, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras	convosco
	Third	eles, elas	lhes, os, as, se	eles, elas, si	com eles, com elas, consigo

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /si/

Pronoun

si (Cyrillic spelling си)

1. to oneself (clitic dative singular of sȅbe (“oneself”))
   1. to myself
   2. to yourself
   3. to himself
   4. to herself
   5. to itself
   6. to ourselves
   7. to yourselves
   8. to themselves

Declension

    declension of si

	singular	plural
nominative	-	-
genitive	sȅbe, se	sȅbe
dative	sȅbi, si	sȅbi
accusative	sȅbe, se	sȅbe
vocative	-	-
locative	sȅbi	sȅbi
instrumental	sȍbōm	sȍbom

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Slovak

Verb

si (second-person singular of byť)

1. (you) are, (thou) art

Pronoun

si

1. Replaces the dative of a personal pronoun when the subject is of the same person as the dative object. Roughly comparable with to oneself or for oneself.

   Kupujem si topánky. — I am buying myself shoes.

   Komu kupuješ topánky? Sebe. — Whom are you buying the shoes for? Myself.

Synonyms

• sebe

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA: /si/

Verb

si

1. second-person singular present tense form of biti.

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Spanish

Etymology

Latin si (“if”).

Conjunction

si

1. if

See also

• si ... o

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Swahili

Adverb

si

1. not

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Tagalog

Preposition

si

1. Subject marker for personal names. It performs the same function as ang.

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Volapük

Interjection

si

1. yes