jāi

Jersey Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch jij.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛi/, /jai/ (stressed)
  • IPA(key): /jə/ (unstressed)

Pronoun

jāi

  1. you (second-person singular subjective personal pronoun)

Inflection

Jersey Dutch personal pronouns
subject subject object object possessive possessive possessive
full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person äk 'k māi me, mê māin māi māine
2nd person jāi je jāu je jāu je jāue
3rd person masculine hāi he häm h'm z'n
3rd person feminine zāi ze hœr h'r hœr h'r hœre
3rd person neuter hät it hät it z'n
1st person plural wāi we, wê on̈s, on̈z on̈s, on̈z, on̈ze on̈ze
2nd person plural jœlli je jœlli je jœlli je jœlliz
3rd person plural zāi ze se hœlli hœlliz

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃaɪ³³/

Verb

jāi

  1. (Patsho) To roll
  2. (Patsho) To fall either by tripping or as such.
  3. (Patsho) To catch fish by diverting the water so that fishes can be easily collected.
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