вони

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak voni, vony, from Proto-Slavic *oni.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɔni]
  • Rhymes: -ɔni
  • Hyphenation: во‧ни

Pronoun

вони (vonipl

  1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

Usage notes

  • Unlike Slovak oni and ony, there is no gender or animacy distinction in the third-person plural pronoun.

Declension

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Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvonʲɪ]

Noun

во́ни • (vónif inan or f inan pl

  1. inflection of вонь (vonʹ):
    1. genitive/dative/prepositional singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wɔˈnɪ]
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

вони́ • (voný)

  1. (the third-person plural) they
  2. (the third-person singular, usually colloquial and respectful) they
  3. (the third-person singular, gender-neutral, proscribed) they

Usage notes

While Ukrainian does not have an official pronoun for non-binary individuals, some have claimed the usage of вони (vony) as an equivalent to the singular they in English.

Declension

Declension of Ukrainian personal pronouns
nominative genitive dative accusative instrumental locative
singular 1st person я (ja) мене́, ме́не* (mené, méne*) мені́ (mení) мене́, ме́не* (mené, méne*) мно́ю (mnóju) мені́ (mení)
2nd person ти (ty) тебе́, те́бе* (tebé, tébe*) тобі́ (tobí) тебе́, те́бе* (tebé, tébe*) тобо́ю (tobóju) тобі́ (tobí)
3rd
person
m він (vin) його́, ньо́го* (johó, nʹóho*) йому́ (jomú) його́, ньо́го* (johó, nʹóho*) ним (nym) ньо́му, нім (nʹómu, nim)
n воно́ (vonó)
f вона́ (voná) її́, не́ї* (jijí, néji*) їй (jij) її́, не́ї* (jijí, néji*) не́ю (néju) ній (nij)
plural 1st person ми (my) нас (nas) нам (nam) нас (nas) на́ми (námy) нас (nas)
2nd person ви (vy) вас (vas) вам (vam) вас (vas) ва́ми (vámy) вас (vas)
3rd person вони́ (voný) їх, них* (jix, nyx*) їм (jim) їх, них* (jix, nyx*) ни́ми (nýmy) них (nyx)
reflexive себе́, се́бе* (sebé, sébe*) собі́ (sobí) себе́, се́бе* (sebé, sébe*) собо́ю (sobóju) собі́ (sobí)

* The alternative forms with stress retraction and with an initial н- (n-) in the third person are used after a preposition.

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