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"This"

by Nile, September 21, 2013

Messages: 5

Language: English

Nile (User's profile) September 21, 2013, 2:48:05 AM

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

arkturus (User's profile) September 21, 2013, 5:44:05 AM

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 (User's profile) September 21, 2013, 5:54:13 AM

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 (User's profile) September 21, 2013, 9:04:04 AM

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 (User's profile) October 5, 2013, 6:19:25 PM

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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