hi

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (enclitic, proclitic) represents a place associated with the action described by the verb, unless the place would be introduced by the preposition de
2. (enclitic, proclitic) there (in constructions such as "there is", "there are", etc.: see haver-hi)
3. (enclitic, proclitic) replaces an adverb (or adverbial phrase) describing the manner, instrument or association of an action
4. (enclitic, proclitic) replaces a phrase introduced by any preposition except de (most commonly a or en)
5. (enclitic, proclitic) replaces an indefinite noun or an adjective which is the predicate of a verb other than ésser, esdevenir, estar or semblar
6. (Central, enclitic, proclitic) in combination with other object pronouns, the third-person singular indirect object pronoun ("to him", "to her", "to it")

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[i]

Etymologie (Engels)

Inherited from Old Catalan y, i, hic, from Latin hīc (“here”) and ibī (“there”). Compare French y.