Meaning of -i | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Forms the definite third-person singular present tense of verbs (indicative mood).
   morpheme, personal, suffix
2. Added to nouns or their clipped form; mostly used by the younger generation or in informal conversations.
   diminutive, morpheme, suffix
3. Added to proper nouns, certain common nouns and postpositions to form adjectives:
   morpheme
4. names of places (toponyms)
   morpheme
5. possessive suffix for multiple possessions
   morpheme
6. his, her, its ……-s (third-person singular; the pronoun ő (“s/he”) being optional for emphasis)
   morpheme
7. names of people (anthroponyms, thus eponyms)
   morpheme
8. your ……-s (second-person singular, grammatically resembling the third person sg.)
   formal, morpheme
9. certain common nouns
   morpheme
10. construed with a noun or certain pronouns as the possessor: ……’s ……-s, ……-s of …… (third-person sg. or pl., depending on the noun or pronoun)
    morpheme
11. postpositions (as part of the phrase in which they occur)
    morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“Amerika (“America”) + -i → amerikai (“American”)”

“Freud (“Freud”) + -i → freudi (“Freudian”)”

“város (“city”) + -i → városi (“urban”)”

“kémia (“chemistry”) + -i → kémiai (“chemical”)”

“az ablak alatt (“under the window”) + -i → az ablak alatti szék (“the chair under the window”)”

“kapu (“gate”) → a kapui (“his/her/its gates”), az ő kapui (“his/her gates”)”

“érme (“coin”) → az érméi (“his/her/its coins”), az ő érméi (“his/her coins”)”

“kapu (“gate”) → a kapui (“your [formal] gates”), az ön kapui, a maga kapui (“your [formal] gates”)”

“az ember(nek a) kapui”

the person’s gates

“a gyerek(nek az) érméi”

the child’s coins

“az emberek(nek a) kapui”

the people’s gates

“a gyerekek(nek az) érméi”

the children’s coins

“az önök kapui, a maguk kapui”

your (plural, formal) gates

“azok(nak a) kapui”

the gates of those

“ki(k)nek az érméi?”

whose coins?

“kér (“to request”) + -i → kéri (“he/she asks him/her or for that thing, he/she is asking him/her or for that thing”)”

“fagylalt → fagyi (“ice cream”)”

“se szeri, se száma”

(instead of szere)

“íziben a mindenit töviről hegyire jószerivel frissiben dögivel bőviben sebtiben felibe/fölibe köribe közibe”

(instead of standard ízében, a mindenét, tövéről hegyére, jószerével, frissében (uncommon), dögével (uncommon), bővében, sebtében, felébe/fölébe, körébe/köréje, közébe/közéje/közé)

CEFR level