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GXi or tio?

de xposo, 2014-aŭgusto-06

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Lingvo: English

xposo (Montri la profilon) 2014-aŭgusto-06 16:19:26

When do I have to use "ĝi" and when do I have to use "tio"?

Sider (Montri la profilon) 2014-aŭgusto-06 17:23:49

xposo:When do I have to use "ĝi" and when do I have to use "tio"?
Gxi is for objects and animals, during Tio is for things whitch you dont know. ridulo.gif

evanwilde (Montri la profilon) 2014-aŭgusto-06 17:51:00

gxi means "it"
tio means "that"

Kio estas tio-what is that
tio estas...- that is

it isn't common to say

what is that
it is...

same with "kio estas gxi"
"gxi estas..."

orthohawk (Montri la profilon) 2014-aŭgusto-06 18:57:08

evanwilde:
it isn't common to say

what is that
it is...
Maybe in Esperanto. Where I'm from (SW Ohio) that's how we said it. "What's THAT??" "It's a praying mantis"

Fenris_kcf (Montri la profilon) 2014-aŭgusto-06 19:02:03

[de] Wenn du "das" mit "dieses", "jenes" oder "welches" ersetzen kannst, dann ist es "tio/tiu"; sonst "gxi".

[en] If you can replace "das" with "dieses", "jenes" oder "welches" it is "tio/tiu"; otherwise "gxi".

sergejm (Montri la profilon) 2014-aŭgusto-07 04:45:24

Sometimes in Enlgish "it" is used because the subject is needed. In these case there is no subject in Esperanto:
"pluvas" - "it is raining"

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