hāi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "hai"
Jersey Dutch
Alternative forms
- hai
Etymology
From Dutch hij. Cognates include Afrikaans hy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hai/, /hɛi/
Pronoun
hāi
- he
- 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volume 31-32, page 309:
- Hāi waz nît tevrêde täus […]
- He was not content at home […]
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Inflection
| 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 | hœlli, zāi | ze | se | hœlli | hœlliz |
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- hai (nonstandard)
Romanization
hāi (hai1, Zhuyin ㄏㄞ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咍.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咲.
Min Nan
| For pronunciation and definitions of hāi – see 害 (“to harm; to maim; to injure; to cause to do; to result in; etc.”). (This character, hāi, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 害.) |
Namuyi
Etymology
From hǟ (“to buy”) + -i.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɦaːj˨˨˦]
Verb
hāi
- to be going to buy
- ngâhāi ― I am going to buy that
Conjugation
| Habitual/Future | Prospective | Ingressive | Experiential | Premeditated | Progressive |
| hǟ | hāi | -- | -- | -- | -- |