Ci De Pronoun Second Person Informal Singular Estos La

thou
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thou
,
you
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/you
(second-person informal singular pronoun)

Pronunciation

• IPA
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
  (
  key
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
  ): /t͡si/

• Audio

  ( file https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:LL-Q143_(epo)-Lepticed7-ci.wav )

Pronoun

ci (accusative

1. thou
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thou
   ,
   you
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/you
   (second-person informal singular pronoun)
   • 1907,

     Vallienne, Henri
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eo:Henri_Vallienne

     ,

     Kastelo de Prelongo
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eo:Kastelo_de_Prelongo

     ,

     ch. 6
     https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/eo:Kastelo_de_Prelongo/%C4%88apitro_Sesa

     :

     Cia sintenado estos vere fiera, li moke murmuretis en ŝian orelon, kiam ci estos vekinta la tutan loĝantaron.

     Thine attitude shall be truly proud, he mockingly whispered into her ear, when thou shalt have awakened the whole population.

Usage notes

This word has never been in common usage; Zamenhof advised against using 'ci' as early as the Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia, published in 1888. Some authors have used 'ci' to portray archaic language, for translations, and for stylistic effects. This usage is criticized by other writers.

• Ludwig L. Zamenhof, Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia; Ludwig L. Zamenhof, Lingvaj Respondoj; Bertilo Wennergren, Plena Manlibro de Esperanta Gramatiko (PMEG); Bernard Golden, La Gazeto #11, June 15, 1987; Zlatko Tisjlar, Frekvencmorfemaro de Parolata Esperanto.