I

I is on the Basic English 850 List.

humor - I - ice

I is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

husband - I - idea

See also i

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /aɪ/
• SAMPA: /aI/

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• Homophones: aye, eye

Pronoun

Pronoun I

(personal)

1. The person who is speaking or writing

   I am writing this, and you are reading it.

Usage notes

The pronoun I is always written as a capital letter (I) and never a lower case letter (i).

		Singular					Plural
		Subject	Object	Possessive 1	Possessive 2	Reflexive	Subject	Object	Possessive 1	Possessive 2	Reflexive
First		I	me	my	mine	myself	we	us	our	ours	ourselves
Second		you	you	your	yours	yourself	you	you	your	yours	yourselves
Third	Feminine	she	her	her	hers	herself	they	them	their	theirs	themselves
	Masculine	he	him	his	his	himself
	Impersonal	it	it	its	its	itself

Noun

Letter i or I

The letter I

1. The ninth letter or the alphabet; previous H, next J. I is a vowel.

Symbol

Symbol I

1. A symbol meaning first, as in "George I" (which is said as "George the first").
2. (element symbol) The symbol for iodine on the periodic table of elements.
3. (physics) The symbol for electrical current.

Number

Proper noun I

1. This is the roman numeral for one (1). It may be written as I or i.

Letters of the Alphabet

A a - B b - C c - D d - E e - F f - G g - H h - I i - J j - K k - L l - M m N n - O o - P p - Q q - R r - S s - T t - U u - V v - W w - X x - Y y - Z z