Li Personal Pronoun Usage Criticized Null Wikt Etymology
The word "li" is a personal pronoun in Esperanto, meaning "he". It originates from Italian, French, or Spanish pronouns "lui" or "le" plus the pronoun "i".
La vorto "li" estas personpronomeno en Esperanto, kiu signifas "li". Ĝi devenas el la italaj, francaj, aŭ hispanaj pronomoj "lui" aŭ "le" kun la "i" de personpronomenoj.
Frequency Rank of Word
10
Word
li
Meanings
(personal pronoun)
he https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/he
Pinyin
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Wiktionary Entry
[View on Wiktionary] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/li#Esperanto
li
Etymology
From
Italian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language
lui https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lui#Italian
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French https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language
Li is traditionally used as both a masculine and a gender-neutral pronoun, but since the 1970s generic usage has sometimes been criticized and is increasingly being avoided and replaced by "li aŭ ŝi". Some people think this is an imperfect solution which is inappropriately long, and since the 2010s it is additionally also criticized by some as being too exclusive to non-binary people. In response to such criticisms, there have been various proposals for new pronouns, but the only proposal that has been gaining some adoption is