Ви
See also: ви and Appendix:Variations of "bi"
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vi]
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Pronoun
Ви • (Vi) (personal, possessive)
- Short form of the polite second-person singular or plural pronoun in the accusative case, used as the direct object of a verb; you.
- Каква изненада да Ви видя тук, господин Димитров!
- Kakva iznenada da Vi vidja tuk, gospodin Dimitrov!
- What a surprise to see you here, Mr. Dimitrov!
- Short form of the polite second-person singular or plural pronoun in the dative case, used as the indirect object of a verb; to you, for you, you.
- Госопожо Петрова, мисля, че не Ви се представих.
- Gosopožo Petrova, mislja, če ne Vi se predstavih.
- Mrs. Petrova, I don't think I've introduced myself to you.
- Short form of the polite second-person singular or plural possessive pronoun; your.
- Госопожо Петрова, съпругът Ви още не е пристигнал.
- Gosopožo Petrova, sǎprugǎt Vi ošte ne e pristignal.
- Mrs. Petrova, your husband has not arrived yet.
Usage notes
- The personal pronoun Вие (Vie) and its forms Вас (Vas) and Ви (Vi) are comparable to French vous, German Sie, and are used not only in the informal plural sense, but also as the formal singular and plural, in which case they are always capitalised. The formal Вие (Vie) is appropriate with strangers, business contacts, and all but one's friends. (The informal ти (ti) should only be used with close family and friends.)
Related terms
| nominative (subject) |
accusative (direct complement) |
dative (indirect complement) |
prepositional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| full | short | full | short | |||||
| singular | first person | аз (az) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) |
ме (me) | ме́не (méne) | ми (mi) | мен (men) ме́не (méne) | |
| second person |
informal | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) |
те (te) | те́бе (tébe) | ти (ti) | теб (teb) те́бе (tébe) | |
| formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
| third person |
masculine | той (toj) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | |
| feminine | тя (tja) | не́я (néja) | я (ja) | ней (nej) | ѝ (ì) | не́я (néja) | ||
| neuter | то (to) | не́го (négo) | го (go) | не́му (nému) | му (mu) | не́го (négo) | ||
| plural | first person | ни́е (níe) ний (nij) |
нас (nas) | ни (ni) | нам (nam) | ни (ni) | нас (nas) | |
| second person |
informal | ви́е (víe) вий (vij) |
вас (vas) | ви (vi) | вам (vam) | ви (vi) | вас (vas) | |
| formal | Ви́е (Víe) | Вас (Vas) | Ви (Vi) | Вам (Vam) | Ви (Vi) | Вас (Vas) | ||
| third person | те (te) | тях (tjah) | ги (gi) | тям (tjam) | им (im) | тях (tjah) | ||
| possessor | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| first person (my, our) | мой (moj) | наш (naš) | |
| second person (your) |
informal | твой (tvoj) | ваш (vaš) |
| formal | Ваш (Vaš) | ||
| third person (his, her, its, their) |
masculine | не́гов (négov) | те́хен (téhen) |
| feminine | не́ин (néin) | ||
| neuter | не́гов (négov) | ||
| reflexive | свой (svoj) | ||
This table presents the masculine singular indefinite (lemma) forms only. Visit the individual entries to study all forms.
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vi]
Pronoun
Ви • (Vi)
- Short indirect object form of Вие (Vie).
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic вы (vy), from Proto-Slavic *vy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʋɪ]
Audio: (file)
Pronoun
Ви • (Vy)
- Second-person singular formal pronoun used in documents e.g. applications, reports, legal papers, etc.
- Шано́вний І́лле Рома́новичу! Повідомля́ємо Вам, що... ― Šanóvnyj Ílle Románovyču! Povidomljájemo Vam, ščo... ― Dear Illia Romanovych! We inform you that...
- (uncommon) Second-person singular formal pronoun used in all the same contexts as its lowercase counterpart.
- Synonym: ви (vy)
Declension
See ви.
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “Ви”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “Ви”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “Ви”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)