איך
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Aramaic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
איך • (transliteration needed)
Hebrew[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)eχ/
Adverb[edit]
אֵיךְ • (éykh)
Synonyms[edit]
- (how): (more formal) כֵּיצַד (keytsád)
Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German ih. Compare German ich.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
איך • (ikh)
- I (first-person singular subject pronoun)
Usage notes[edit]
- Sometimes informally contracted to כ׳ (kh') or כ״ (kh") (kh'), as in כ״וויל (I want).
- Sometimes pronounced as "Ekh", "Yekh", or "Yakh", especially in the southern dialect.
See also[edit]
Yiddish personal pronouns
| person | singular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd m | 3rd f | 3rd n | |
| nominative | איך (ikh) | דו (du) | ער (er) | זי (zi) | עס (es) |
| dative | מיר (mir) | דיר (dir) | אים (im) | איר (ir) | אים (im) |
| accusative | מיך (mikh) | דיך (dikh) | אים (im) | זי (zi) | עס (es) |
| person | plural | ||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
| nominative | מיר (mir) | איר (ir) | זיי (zey) | ||
| dative | אונדז (undz) | אײַך (aykh) | זיי (zey) | ||
| accusative | אונדז (undz) | אײַך (aykh) | זיי (zey) | ||
| See also the possessive pronouns. | |||||
