ти

See also: -ти, тј., and Appendix:Variations of "ti"

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ti]

• Audio:

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Pronoun

ти • (ti) (personal, possessive)

1. You, thou; the second-person singular pronoun in the nominative case, used as the subject of a verb.

   Ти си по-нисък от мен.

   Ti si po-nisǎk ot men.

   You are shorter than me.

   Ти не говориш английски.

   Ti ne govoriš anglijski.

   You don't speak English.

2. Short form of the second-person singular pronoun in the dative case, used as the indirect object of a verb; to you, for you, you.

   Ще ти дам книгата.

   Šte ti dam knigata.

   I'll give you the book.

   Мислех, че ти е казала.

   Misleh, če ti e kazala.

   I thought she told you.

   Студено ли ти е?

   Studeno li ti e?

   Are you cold?

3. Short form of the second-person singular possessive pronoun; your.

   Това ли е къщата ти?

   Tova li e kǎštata ti?

   Is that your house?

   Харесвам новата ти кола.

   Haresvam novata ti kola.

   I like your new car.

Usage notes

• The personal pronoun ти (ti) is comparable to French tu, German du, and is used only with family and intimate friends. For most occasions, the formal Вие (Vie) should be used instead.

Related terms

Bulgarian personal pronouns

			nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)		dative (indirect complement)		prepositional
				full	short	full	short
singular	first person		аз (az)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)	ме (me)	ме́не (méne)	ми (mi)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)
	second person	informal	ти (ti)	теб (teb) те́бе (tébe)	те (te)	те́бе (tébe)	ти (ti)	теб (teb) те́бе (tébe)
		formal	Ви́е (Víe)	Вас (Vas)	Ви (Vi)	Вам (Vam)	Ви (Vi)	Вас (Vas)
	third person	masculine	той (toj)	не́го (négo)	го (go)	не́му (nému)	му (mu)	не́го (négo)
		feminine	тя (tja)	не́я (néja)	я (ja)	ней (nej)	ѝ (ì)	не́я (néja)
		neuter	то (to)	не́го (négo)	го (go)	не́му (nému)	му (mu)	не́го (négo)
plural	first person		ни́е (níe) ний (nij)	нас (nas)	ни (ni)	нам (nam)	ни (ni)	нас (nas)
	second person	informal	ви́е (víe) вий (vij)	вас (vas)	ви (vi)	вам (vam)	ви (vi)	вас (vas)
		formal	Ви́е (Víe)	Вас (Vas)	Ви (Vi)	Вам (Vam)	Ви (Vi)	Вас (Vas)
	third person		те (te)	тях (tjah)	ги (gi)	тям (tjam)	им (im)	тях (tjah)

Bulgarian possessive pronouns

possessor		singular	plural
first person (my, our)		мой (moj)	наш (naš)
second person (your)	informal	твой (tvoj)	ваш (vaš)
	formal	Ваш (Vaš)
third person (his, her, its, their)	masculine	не́гов (négov)	те́хен (téhen)
	feminine	не́ин (néin)
	neuter	не́гов (négov)
reflexive		свой (svoj)

This table presents the masculine singular indefinite (lemma) forms only. Visit the individual entries to study all forms.

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ti]

• Audio:

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Pronoun

ти • (ti)

1. (informal singular) you

   Ти ми рече дека се најдобрите ученици во класот.

   Ti mi reče deka se najdobrite učenici vo klasot.

   You told me that they're the best students in the class.

Usage notes

• The personal pronoun ти (ti) is comparable to the Italian tu or the German du and is used only with family, closer friends, and younger people (especially ones of a lower status). On other occasions, the formal Вие (Vie) should be used instead instead.

Declension

Declension of ти

subject	ти (ti)
	long	short
direct object	тебе (tebe)	те (te)
indirect object	тебе (tebe)	ти (ti)
possessive	твој (tvoj)

Coordinate terms

Macedonian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		јас (jas)	ние (nie)
2nd person	familiar	ти (ti)	вие (vie)
	polite	Вие (Vie)
3rd person	m	тој (toj)	тие (tie)
	f	таа (taa)
	n	тоа (toa)

Mariupol Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τε (te).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʲɪ]
• Hyphenation: ти

Conjunction

ти • (ti)

1. and
   • 2004, Y. V. Ivanova, “Румейский фольклор, Парамитъ (1) [Mariupol Greek folklore, Fairy tale (1)]”, in Греки России и Украины [Greeks of Russia and Ukraine], St Petersburg: Алетейя, →ISBN, page 492:

     Э́на о́мурфу курасэ́я зы́шкын мин ма́на-тыс ти мин тын та́та-т тыс.

     Éna ómurfu kuraséja zýškyn min mána-tys ti min tyn táta-t tys.

     One beautiful lass lived with her mother and her father.

Synonyms

• ки (ki)

References

• A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis with D. L. Demerdzhi, A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo, A. A. Shapurma, R. S. Kharabadot, and D. K. Patricha (2006) “ти”, in Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol, →ISBN

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• тобѣ (tobě)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti/→/tʲi/→/tʲi/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ti/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /tʲi/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /tʲi/

Pronoun

ти (ti)

1. dative of тꙑ (ty): to you (singular), to thee

Declension

Declension of Old East Slavic personal pronouns

Singular	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	ꙗзъ (jazŭ), ꙗ (ja), азъ (azŭ)	тꙑ (ty)	—
Accusative	мене (mene), мѧ (mę)	тебе (tebe), тѧ (tę)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	мене (mene)	тебе (tebe)	себе (sebe)
Locative	мънѣ (mŭně)	тобѣ (tobě)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	мънѣ (mŭně), ми (mi)	тобѣ (tobě), ти (ti)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ)	тобоѭ (tobojǫ)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	мои (moi)	твои (tvoi)	свои (svoi)
Dual	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	вѣ (vě)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	на (na)	ва (va)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	себе (sebe)
Locative	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)
Plural	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	мꙑ (my)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	насъ (nasŭ), нꙑ (ny)	васъ (vasŭ), вꙑ (vy)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	себе (sebe)
Locative	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	намъ (namŭ), нꙑ (ny)	вамъ (vamŭ), вꙑ (vy)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	нами (nami)	вами (vami)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak ty, from Proto-Slavic *ty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ти

Pronoun

ти (ti)

1. you, thou (second-person singular pronoun)

Declension

Declension of Pannonian Rusyn personal pronouns

	singular						plural				reflexive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person				1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	n	f
nominative	я (ja)	ти (ti)	вон (von)	воно (vono)	вона (vona)		ми (mi)	ви (vi)	вони (voni)
genitive	мнє, ме 1 ‎(mnje, me)	тебе, це 1 ‎(tebe, ce)	його 1, нього 2, ньго 2, го 1 (joho, nʹoho, nʹho, ho)		єй 1, нєй  2 ‎(jej, njej)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	їх 1, нїх 2, их 3 (jix, njix, ix)		себе (sebe)
dative	мнє, ми (mnje, mi)	тебе, ци ‎(tebe, ci)	йому 4, ньому 2, му ‎(jomu, nʹomu, mu)		єй, нєй 2 ‎(jej, njej)		нам ‎(nam)	вам (vam)	їм 4, нїм 2, им 3 (jim, njim, im)		себе (sebe)
accusative	мнє, ме ‎(mnje, me)	тебе, це ‎(tebe, ce)	його 4, нього 2, ньго 2, го (joho, nʹoho, nʹho, ho)		ю, ню 2 ‎(ju, nju)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	їх 4, нїх 2, их 3 (jix, njix, ix)		себе (sebe)
instrumental 5	мну (mnu)	тобу ‎(tobu)	нїм (njim)		ню ‎(nju)		нами (nami)	вами ‎(vami)	нїма (njima)		собу ‎(sobu)
locative 5	мнє ‎(mnje)	тебе, це ‎(tebe, ce)	нїм / ньому (njim / n'omu)		нєй (njej)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	нїх (njix)		себе (sebe)
Used with reflexive verbs. The alternative forms with an initial н- (n-) in the third person are used after a preposition. The plural forms with an initial и- (i-) are unstressed. The forms with an initial й- (j-) or ї- (ji-) in the third person non-feminine dative/accusative cases are used at the beginning of the sentence and when they are stressed. The instrumental and locative cases are never used without a preposition.

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “ти”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʲi]

Noun

ти • (ti) n inan (indeclinable)

1. T, t (Latin letter)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tîː/

Pronoun

ти̑ (Latin spelling tȋ)

1. you sg

Declension

Declension of ти

	singular	plural
nominative	ти̑	ви̑
genitive	те̏бе, те	ва̑с, вас
dative	те̏би, ти	ва̏ма, вам
accusative	те̏бе, те	ва̑с, вас
vocative	ти	ви̑
locative	те̏би	ва̏ма
instrumental	то̏бо̄м	ва̏ма

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɪ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪ
• Hyphenation: ти

Pronoun

ти • (ty)

1. you (singular); thou

Declension

Declension of Ukrainian personal pronouns

	singular						plural				reflexive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person				1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	n	f
nominative	я (ja)	ти (ty)	він (vin)	воно́ (vonó)	вона́ (voná)		ми (my)	ви (vy)	вони́ (voný)
genitive	мене́, ме́не* ‎(mené, méne*)	тебе́, те́бе* ‎(tebé, tébe*)	його́, ньо́го* (johó, nʹóho*)		її́, не́ї* ‎(jijí, néji*)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	їх, них* (jix, nyx*)		себе́, се́бе* (sebé, sébe*)
dative	мені́ (mení)	тобі́ ‎(tobí)	йому́ ‎(jomú)		їй ‎(jij)		нам ‎(nam)	вам (vam)	їм (jim)		собі́ ‎(sobí)
accusative	мене́, ме́не* (mené, méne*)	тебе́, те́бе* (tebé, tébe*)	його́, ньо́го* ‎(johó, nʹóho*)		її́, не́ї* ‎(jijí, néji*)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	їх, них* ‎(jix, nyx*)		себе́, се́бе* ‎(sebé, sébe*)
instrumental	мно́ю (mnóju)	тобо́ю ‎(tobóju)	ним (nym)		не́ю ‎(néju)		на́ми (námy)	ва́ми ‎(vámy)	ни́ми (nýmy)		собо́ю ‎(sobóju)
locative	мені́ ‎(mení)	тобі́ ‎(tobí)	ньо́му, нім (nʹómu, nim)		ній (nij)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	них (nyx)		собі́ ‎(sobí)
* The alternative forms with stress retraction and with an initial н- (n-) in the third person are used after a preposition.

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ти”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka