ni

ni in a sentence

• Är ni färdiga nu?
  Are you (all) ready now?
• Kan ni säja vad klockan är?
  Can you tell me the time, please?
• Du är bara en person, men ni där borta är fyra personer
  You are just one person, but you / you guys / [except not in tone] y'all over there are four people
• Ni två är här, så jag ser er
  You [subject] two are here, so I see you [object]
• –Ni kan börja med att städa kontoret, fröken Andersson. –Javisst, Herr Direktör.
  –You can start with cleaning the office, Miss Andersson. –Certainly, Mr. Director.
• Vill ni ha en påse med köpet?
  Would you like a bag with your purchase?

Questions

Where the course teaches it

• Swedish pronouns: du, ni, de, vi
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• En or ett: Swedish noun gender
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish possessives: min and mitt
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• The definite form of Swedish nouns
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish reflexive verbs: tvättar mig
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish present, past and future review
  Complete Swedish – Season 1

Origin

Since 1661, through rebracketing of the 2nd plural verb suffix -(e)n and the older pronoun I ("ye"), e.g.

Nearby common words

ni is number 30 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 26kan can
• 27de they
• 28men but
• 29göra do, make
• 31ska will, be going to, (except not formal in tone, but a literal match for meaning) shall, is to; (in the past tense "skulle") were to; was to (Usually not sensible translations, but will provide the right intuition in some tricky cases – see below.)
• 32ett a, an, one
• 33av of, by
• 34veta know