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Nile (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 21 Nyakanga 2013 02:48:05

How do you say "this" in Esperanto?
All I see is "tio" and "cxi tio".

arkturus (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 21 Nyakanga 2013 05:44:05

Nile:How do you say "this" in Esperanto?
All I see is "tio" and "cxi tio".
I'm just starting to learn esperanto so I'm not 100% sure. But I think "tio" = that and "cxi tio" = this.

Chainy (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 21 Nyakanga 2013 05:54:13

Nile:How do you say "this" in Esperanto?
All I see is "tio" and "cxi tio".
Have you tried typing 'this' into the Lernu dictionary? There's an explanation there.

Fenris_kcf (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 21 Nyakanga 2013 09:04:04

It depends if you are talking about a thing (then it's tio) or one piece of a concrete selection (then it's tiu). For example:

This is a cake ~ Tio ĉi estas kuko
This one looks great ~ Tiu ĉi aspektas bonege

CnlDuck (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 5 Gitugutu 2013 18:19:25

I'm a beginner but I think "ĉi" can also be used for some adverbs:
"ĉi-semajne" = this week
"ĉi-loke"?? = in this location??

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