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ŝi

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Esperanto

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Alternative forms

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  • shi (H-system spelling)
  • sxi (X-system spelling)

Etymology

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From English she.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: ŝi

Pronoun

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ŝi (accusative ŝin, possessive ŝia)

  1. she

Derived terms

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See also

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Esperanto personal pronouns
singular plural
nominative accusative possessive nominative accusative possessive
first person  mi  min  mia  ni  nin  nia
second
person
formal  vi  vin  via  vi  vin  via
familiar1  ci  cin  cia
third
person
masculine  li  lin  lia
feminine  ŝi  ŝin  ŝia
neuter  ĝi  ĝin  ĝia
gender-neutral2  ri
ŝli
 rin
ŝlin
 ria
ŝlia
reflexive  si  sin  sia  si  sin  sia
indefinite  oni  onin  onia  oni  onin  onia

1 The second person familiar pronouns are archaic.

2 The proposed gender-neutral third-person singular pronouns ri (rin, ria) and ŝli (ŝlin, ŝlia) are not widely used.

3 The proposed third-person feminine plural pronoun iŝi (iŝin, iŝia) is not widely used.

Mandarin

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Romanization

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ŝi

  1. Rare spelling of shi.

Usage notes

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  • 漢語拼音方案汉语拼音方案 (Hànyǔ Pīnyīn Fāng'àn, “Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet”) specifies that , ĉ, ŝ and ŋ may be used as abbreviations for zh, ch, sh and ng respectively, though these are rarely used in practice.