How to say “first-person” in 35 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
First-person in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans onse/ˈɔnsə/ alternative form of ons: first-person plural… #1,628
- Albanian ramë/ɾamə/ first-person plural simple perfect indicative… #2,290
- Arabic عليك/ʕalajka/ first-person singular masculine of عَلَى #63
- Armenian լինեի/ˌlineˈi/ first-person singular future perfect… #462
- Basque nire/niɾe/ First-person singular personal pronoun; I #11
- Bosnian znam/ˈznam/ first-person singular present of znȁti #39
- Bulgarian ми[mi] Short form of the first-person singular… #16
- Catalan vam[ˈbam] first-person plural present indicative of… #236
- Croatian ću/ˈtɕu/ first-person singular present of htȅti/htjȅti #38
- Czech já[ˈjaː] first-person pronoun; I #16
- Dutch we/ʋə/ we; first-person plural subjective personal… #12
- Finnish mietin/ˈmietɪn/ first-person singular present/past indicative… #909
- Galician meu/ˈmew/ First-person singular possessive determiner #35
- Georgian ვიცი[vit͡sʰi] first-person singular present simple of იცის:… #34
- Hebrew שלי/ʃeˈli/ Form of שֶׁל including first-person singular… #15
- Hindi हम/ɦəm/ we: first-person plural personal pronoun,… #21
- Hungarian kérlek[ˈkeːrlɛk] first-person singular indicative present… #146
- Indonesian gua/ˈɡua/ First-person singular pronoun: I, me, my #1,767
- Italian ho/ˈɔ/ first-person singular present indicative of… #15
- Korean 나[na̠] I, me; the first-person singular plain pronoun #49
- Latvian esmu[ˈæsmu] am; first-person singular present indicative… #33
- Lithuanian esu[ɛˈsʊ] first-person singular present of bū́ti #111
- Macedonian прашав[ˈpraʃaf] first-person singular imperfect/aorist of… #978
- Persian ما[mɒː] we, us; the first-person plural pronoun #12
- Polish mnie/ˈmɲɛ/ first-person pronoun; I #17
- Portuguese me/mi/ first-person singular objective direct… #32
- Romanian primii[priˈmiː] first-person singular simple perfect… #1,907
- Russian хочу[xɐˈt͡ɕu] first-person singular present indicative… #73
- Serbian znam/ˈznam/ first-person singular present of znȁti #39
- Slovenian bom/bóːm/ first-person singular future of bíti #22
- Spanish yo/ˈʝo/ first-person singular pronoun in the… #30
- Telugu మేము/meːmu/ first-person plural exclusive pronoun, we #6
- Turkish miyim/miˈjim/ first-person singular simple of mi #196
- Ukrainian знаю[ˈznajʊ] first-person singular present indicative of… #34
- Urdu میں/mɛ̃ː/ first-person singular subjective personal… #2
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