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Meaning of I | Babel Free

Pronoun CEFR A1 Common

Definitions

  1. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
    first-person, personal, pronoun, singular, subjective
  2. Alternative letter-case form of I.
    alt-of, nonstandard
  3. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
    first-person, nonstandard, personal, pronoun, singular, subjective
  4. Used to refer to oneself as speaker or writer.
  5. The self; the ego.
  6. The symbol for imaginary unit.
  7. interstate (used with a number to designate an interstate highway): I-95.
  8. Physics Symbol. isotopic spin.
  9. var. of y-.
  10. the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin, if the second element is of Latin origin: cuneiform; Frenchify.
  11. The number whose square is equal to -1. Numbers expressed in terms of i are called imaginary or complex numbers.
    i
  12. The symbol for iodine.
  13. (only as the subject of a verb) the word used by a speaker or writer in talking about himself or herself. I can't find my book; John and I have always been friends. ek أنـا: ضَمير المُتَكَلِّم аз eu já ich jeg εγώyo mina من minä je, moiאני मैं सर्वनाम ja én saya ég io 私は 나는, 내가 aš es saya ikjegja زه eu eu я ja jaz ja jag ผม; ดิฉัน; ข้าพเจ้า; หนู; กระหม่อม ben 我 я میں tôi 我

Equivalents

العربية أنا
Deutsch ich
Español yo yo
Français I i je moi
Italiano i i io
한국어
Kurdî î î
Nederlands 'k ik
Português eu I
Русский аз я

Examples

“Here follow ſome few lines in the original, which not underſtanding i have omitted. […] Laſtly that amidſt ſo many viciſſitudes of fortune, to which I have been expoſed, amongſt all the goods, i ſay, and evils, the joyfull and gloomy, the pleaſing, and diſagreeable circumſtances of life, thou endowedſt me with an equal, conſtant, manly, and ſuperior ſpirit on every occaſion.”
“As YouTuber Alex Elmslie tweeted, “ ‘once COVID is over’ is starting to sound a lot like ‘when i fix my sleep schedule.’ ””
“I drove my sister and myself to school.”
“[…]It ill beſeemes a knight of gentle ſort, / Such as ye haue him boaſted, to beguyle / A ſimple maide, and worke ſo hainous tort, / In ſhame of knighthood, as I largely can report.”
“Here I am, sir.”
“I know I have a pen, though…”
“Mom drove my sister and I to school.”
“Sweet Baſſanio, My ſhips haue all miſcarried, my Creditors grow cruell, my eſtate is very low: my bond to the Iew is forfet, and ſince in paying it, it is impoſſible I ſhould liue, all debts are cleered betweene you and I if I might but ſee you at my death.”
“1980, Bob Marley, Redemption Song Old pirates, yes, they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit.”
“Step inside, see the Devil in I You'll realize I'm not your Devil anymore”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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