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Si Mem Li Al Parolas ŝi Mi Pronoun

The pronoun "si" is a reflexive pronoun for the third person, meaning "himself," "herself," "itself," or "themselves." It is not used for the first or second person, where "min," "vin," "nin," or "vin" are used instead.

La pronomo "si" estas refleksiva pronomo por la tria persono, signifante "sin mem", "siajn", ktp. Ĝi ne estas uzata por la unua aŭ dua personoj, kie "min", "vin", "nin", "vin" estas uzataj anstataŭe.

Frequency Rank of Word 191
Word si
Meanings
    himself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/himself
    ,
    herself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/herself
    ,
    itself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/itself
    ,
    themselves
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/themselves
    ,
    oneself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oneself
Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
si
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/si#Italian
,
French
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language
soi
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soi#French
,
Spanish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language
se
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/se#Spanish
,
Latin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin
se
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/se#Latin
, plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /si/
  • Hyphenation: si
  • Audio:
    (
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-si.ogg
    )

Pronoun

si (reflexive, accusative

sin
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sin#Esperanto
, possessive
sia
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sia#Esperanto
)

  1. himself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/himself
    ,
    herself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/herself
    ,
    itself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/itself
    ,
    themselves
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/themselves
    ,
    oneself
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oneself

Usage notes

The reflexive pronoun si is only used to refer to the third person (In English:

he
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/he
/
she
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/she
/
it
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/it
/
they
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/they
) not the first or second person (In English:
I
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/I
/
we
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/we
/
you
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/you
). When the subject of a sentence is first or second person, the same pronoun is repeated (with the accusative ending
-n
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-n#Esperanto
added if needed) instead of using si. (E.g. "they wash themselves" is ili lavas sin, but "I wash myself" is mi lavas min, instead of *mi lavas sin.)


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