i stands for imaginary number, $${i} = {\sqrt{-{\mathtt{1}}}}$$.
this is because no number squared can equal a negative number
$${\left(-{\mathtt{1}}\right)}^{{\mathtt{2}}} = \left(-{\mathtt{1}}\right){\mathtt{\,\times\,}}\left(-{\mathtt{1}}\right)$$
a negative times a negative is a positive so the answer is just 1
positive times positive is also positive so you get 1.
if a math problem asked you for the square root of a negative number you either learned about it already or somewhere else you made a mistake.
good luck yo