ni.
you (plural subjective case)
Meaning & usage
you (plural subjective case)
Du är bara en person, men ni där borta är fyra personer
Ni två är här, så jag ser er
you (second-person singular subjective formal) (capitalized Ni, rare in contemporary Swedish) A title used when addressing a person, chiefly of lower social rank, or a person of the opposite sex, especially among young people.
–Ni kan börja med att städa kontoret, fröken Andersson. –Javisst, Herr Direktör.
you (second-person singular subjective formal) (capitalized Ni, rare in contemporary Swedish) by some considered a respectful alternative to du (“you”), especially when addressing customers or the elderly
Vill ni ha en påse med köpet?
Where this word comes from
Since 1661, through rebracketing of the 2nd plural verb suffix -(e)n and the older pronoun I ("ye"), e.g. vissten I > visste ni (“did you know”). Compare Icelandic þér and þið which developed similarly. The Old Swedish ī, īr derives from Old Norse *īʀ (East Norse variant of ér) from Proto-Germanic *jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs. Compare Danish I.
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