Translation
his
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Examples
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His house is bigger than mine.
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I saw his hand.
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We talked about his language.
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I have read his books.
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He looked at his own hand, not at the other man's.
Lia is "his", built from li plus the adjective ending -a. Being an adjective it agrees with the thing owned rather than the owner, so you get lian manon and liajn librojn. The trap is sia: when the owner is also the subject of the same clause, Esperanto insists on sia, which is why li rigardis sian manon means his own hand while lian manon would mean somebody else's.
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Grammar articles
(10)Esperanto Aspect Affixes: ek-, re-, -ad-, dis- and mis-
Esperanto Correlatives Table: All 45 Words on One Grid
Esperantismo and the Interna Ideo: What Esperanto Is For
Esperanto False Friends: Words That Lie to English Speakers
The History of Esperanto in Ten Episodes, 1859 to Today
Esperanto Body Parts: La Korpo, Head to Foot
Esperanto Personal Pronouns: mi, vi, li, ŝi and mia
The Esperanto Reflexive: si and sia vs li and lia
Esperanto Reported Speech: li diris, ke li venos
Esperanto Word Endings: -o, -a, -e and -i
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 7: lia, el, unu and 8 more words.