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GXi or tio?

by xposo, August 6, 2014

Messages: 6

Language: English

xposo (User's profile) August 6, 2014, 4:19:26 PM

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

Sider (User's profile) August 6, 2014, 5:23:49 PM

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 (User's profile) August 6, 2014, 5:51:00 PM

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 (User's profile) August 6, 2014, 6:57:08 PM

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 (User's profile) August 6, 2014, 7:02:03 PM

[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 (User's profile) August 7, 2014, 4:45:24 AM

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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