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[View on Wiktionary] ĉi Alternative forms chi https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chi#Esperanto (H-system spelling) cxi https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cxi#Esperanto (X-system spelling) Etymology Proximal pronouns in French ( ce https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ce , ici https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ici , ci https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ci ) and Italian (ci https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ci ) Pronunciation -
Audio | | ( file https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:LL-Q143_(epo)-Lepticed7-%C4%89i.wav ) | Particle ĉi here https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/here (adverbial particle of proximity) - ĉi combines with demonstrative
correlatives https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Esperanto_correlatives to indicate that the referrent is somehow near the speaker: - ĉi
tiu https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tiu / tiu ĉi: "this [one/person]" - ĉi
tio https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tio / tio ĉi: "this [thing]" - ĉi
tia https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tia / tia ĉi: "this kind of" - ĉi
ties https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ties / ties ĉi: "belonging to these people" - ĉi
tiel https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tiel / tiel ĉi: "this [standard] manner or degree" - ĉi
tie https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tie / tie ĉi: "here" - ĉi
tiam https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tiam / tiam ĉi: "then [just past or very soon]" - ĉi
tiom https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tiom / tiom ĉi: "this much [of a typical quantity]" - ĉi
tial https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tial / tial ĉi: "for this [common] reason" just https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/just mentioned https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mention , the latter https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/latter -
1910, Ivy Kellerman, A Complete Grammar of Esperanto, D. C. Heath and Company, Lesson XIV: -
Gertrude kaj Mario estas en la parko. Tiu rigardas la florojn, ĉi tiu kolektas ilin. - Gertrude and Mary are in the park. The former (that one) looks at the flowers, the latter (this one) gathers them.
- (as prefix of adjective or adverb) (usually hyphenated)
here https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/here , this https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/this -
ĉi-jara https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%89i-jara#Esperanto ( “ of this year ” ) -
ĉi-sube ( “ below this, below here ” ) Derived terms ĉi-flanke https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%89i-flanke#Esperanto (“on this side”) ĉi-matene https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%89i-matene#Esperanto (“this morning https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/this_morning ”) ĉi-nokte https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%89i-nokte#Esperanto (“tonight https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tonight ”) ĉi-vespere https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%89i-vespere#Esperanto (“this evening https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/this_evening ”) |