Yumi

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Trigedasleng

Etymology

From you +‎ me.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈjumi/

Rhymes: -umi

Adjective

yumi

  1. our; first person dual inclusive personal possessive adjective (for exclusive, see osir)
    Proli push au brana houd seim kom yumi proufa.
    Given birth to a new world in our image.
    -Sheidheda (The 100, Episode 613)

Pronoun

yumi (first person plural exclusive, singular ai)

  1. we, you and me; first person dual inclusive personal pronoun (for exclusive, see osir)
    Yumi gada in bosh diyo na hash au.
    We have a lot to talk about.
    -Marcus Kane (The 100, Episode 609)
Inflection
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Creation and Usage Notes

I forget to use this pronoun all the time... It's criminally underused. This is also the only remnant of English "me" in the entire language.

-David J. Peterson 17:04, 5 May 2020 (PDT)