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Translation

their

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Examples

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Their house is next to ours.

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I know their children.

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Their town is small.

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Did you see their mother?

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Their words were terrible.

Every possessive in Esperanto is just the pronoun with -a stuck on: gives , gives , gives . That makes them adjectives, so they agree with what they own: carries the plural and the accusative on both words. Watch the one trap: when the owner is also the subject of the clause, Esperanto uses instead ( ).

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ilia: worksheet, infographic and listicle

Free printable study downloads for the Esperanto word "ilia" (their): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.

This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 8: ilia, sub, nenio and 11 more words.