Ei

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Table of contents

1 Dutch 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 2 Estonian 2.1 Adverb 2.1.1 Antonyms 2.2 Auxiliary 2.2.1 Usage 3 Finnish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adverb 3.2.1 Antonyms 3.3 Auxiliary verb 3.3.1 Conjugation 4 German 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Latin 5.1 Pronoun 5.1.1 Translations 6 Romanian 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Pronoun

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛɪ/

Noun

ei n (plural: eieren, diminutive: eitje)

1. egg

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Estonian

Adverb

ei

1. no (a negating expression)

Antonyms

• jaa, jah, küll

Auxiliary

ei

• don't, doesn't, not: used in negative forms of non-imperative verbs. Ma ei tea. I don't know. (Compare: Ma tean. I know.)

Usage

The verb follows the word ei.

In the present tense indicative, the form of the verb coincides with the imperative of the second person singular. In past tenses indicative, the form of the verb is personal past participle. In the conditional mood, the form of the verb coincides with third person singular conditional in the present tense or the past tense. In the indirect mood, the form of the verb is the indirect form.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ei/

Adverb

ei

1. no (a negating expression)

Antonyms

• kyllä

Auxiliary verb

ei

1. third person singular form of the negative verb, used also with impersonal forms. The English translations include don't, doesn't and no.

Conjugation

The negative verb is conjugated only in person, not in tense or mood. (For negative verb in the imperative mood, see älä.) There is no infinitive form.

	singular	plural
first person	en	emme
second person	et	ette
third person	ei	eivät

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German

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /aI/
• IPA: /aɪ/

Noun

Ei n (plural: Eier, diminutive: Eichen)

1. egg

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Latin

Pronoun

ei

1. dative singular masculine, feminine and neuter of is, he
2. nominative plural masculine of is, he

Translations

• English: they (2)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /jej/
• IPA: /jej/

Pronoun

ei

1. they (used for an all-male or mixed-sex group)