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[View on Wiktionary] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ri#Esperanto ri English Wikipedia https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wikipedia has an article on: ri (pronoun) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ri_(pronoun) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ri_(pronoun) Pronunciation Pronoun ri (accusative rin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rin#Esperanto , possessive ria https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ria#Esperanto ) - (
gender-neutral https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#epicene , nonstandard https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#nonstandard ) they (singular). A gender-neutral https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gender-neutral#English singular third-person personal pronoun. -
1997, Liland Brajant ROS', “Pri Sennaciistaj postulatoj”, in soc.culture.esperanto, Usenet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet [1] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/soc.culture.esperanto/iWSjwvWntVE/purZqfQBMZkJ : -
Kial gravas, kiu ri estas? - Why is it important, who they are?
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2006, “Maldormemo mia”, in Eksenlime, performed by La Perdita Generacio: -
Najbaro laboranta en la sama laborejo / En la bela domo ri ne pentras plu - A neighbor working in the same workplace / In the beautiful house they don't paint anymore
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2014, Roland Bonkorpa, “Fiinsulo”, in Beletra Almanako, number 21, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781595692870 , ISSN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Serial_Number 1937-3325 http://www.worldcat.org/issn/1937-3325 , OCLC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCLC 156908050 http://worldcat.org/oclc/156908050 , page 32: -
Ri estis la plej pacienca kaj inteligenta hundo, kiun mi iam renkontis. - They were the most patient and intelligent dog I had ever met.
Usage notes In 1976, the gender-neutral pronoun ri was presented for the first time alongside the pronouns li https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/li (he) and ŝi https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%9Di (she). Until about 2010, it remained a seldom used experimental word, but after 2010 its use has increased significantly, especially in youth circles in Western countries. Comparable to English epicene pronouns https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_third-person_singular_pronouns . Also read about gender reform in Esperanto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_reform_in_Esperanto . Alternatives include expanding the use of the demonstrative pronoun tiu https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tiu#Esperanto (“that one”) or using the similarly proscribed ŝli https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%9Dli#Esperanto . Synonyms - (neologism, proscribed)
ŝli https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%9Dli#Esperanto Holonyms li https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/li#Esperanto (“he https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/he ”) ŝi https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%9Di#Esperanto (“she https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/she ”)
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