If I Were a Boy is an Albanian novel written in a form derived from latin from a greek word meaning
If I Were a Boy (novel) If I Were a Boy (Albanian: "Sikur t'isha djalë" ) is an Albanian Epistolary novel written by Haki Stërmilli in 1936. Written mostly in a form of diary entries it documents the struggle of the young female protagonist Dija to adjust in an Albanian patriarchal society, which was common during the time the novel was written in. Originally the novel was written in Gheg dialect.
Plural form of words ending in -us In English, the plural form of words ending in "-us", especially those derived from Latin, often replaces "-us" with "-i". There are many exceptions, some because the word does not derive from Latin, and others due to custom ("e.g.", "campus", plural "campuses"). Conversely, some non-Latin words ending in "-us" and Latin words that did not have their Latin plurals with "-i" form their English plurals with "-i". Some words' plurals end in "-i" even though they are not Latin, or that is not the Latin plural, "e.g.", "octopi" as a plural for octopus. Prescriptivists consider these forms incorrect, but descriptivists may simply describe them as a natural evolution of language.