Translation
this (proximity marker)
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Examples
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This person is good.
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I want this one, not that one.
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Here we can talk.
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Do you see this hand?
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These people speak our language.
Ĉi is not a word in its own right; it is a small particle that pulls a ti- correlative closer to the speaker. Tiu is "that one" and ĉi tiu is "this one"; tie is "there" and ĉi tie is "here". Ĉi itself never changes shape, so every ending lands on the correlative beside it: ĉi tiun homon, ĉi tiuj homoj, ĉi tion.
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Stories
(5)Grammar articles
(16)Adverbs in Esperanto: -e, and Why estas varme Has No Noun
Esperanto Comparisons: pli, plej, ol and kiel
Esperanto -us and -u: Conditional and Imperative
Esperanto Correlatives in Use: tiu kiu, tio kion and More
Esperanto Correlatives Table: All 45 Words on One Grid
Esperanto Demonstratives: Tiu, Tio and ĉi for This
The Esperanto Calendar: Zamenhofa Tago and Other Festivals
Homaranismo: Zamenhof's Creed, Kept Apart from Esperanto
Esperanto Impersonal Sentences: oni, pluvas, estas varme
After the Esperanto Course: What to Do Next (Kien de Ĉi Tie)
Oomoto and the Bahá'ís: Two Faiths That Took Up Esperanto
Esperanto Participles as Nouns: parolanto, venkinto
Esperanto Particles: ĉi tiu, ju...des, ajn and mem
Scientific Esperanto: The Register That Almost Won
The Esperanto Article la: When to Use It and When Not
Esperanto Word Order: Emphasis, ne and ankaŭ
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 6: ĉi, ŝi, tio and 11 more words.