Translation
I
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Examples
.
I am a person.
.
She can see me.
.
I do not know.
?
Are you coming with me?
.
I told him the truth.
is the subject form; add the accusative -n for the object, , and the adjective -a for the possessive, . That same three-step works for every pronoun in the language without a single exception: , , , and , , . Esperanto also drops nothing, so unlike Spanish or Italian the pronoun stays in the sentence even when the verb ending would make it obvious.
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Stories
(11)La letero
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Kiom da homoj?
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La unua tago
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Cent homoj
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Vido al la maro
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Nia gasto
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Kiel mi scios, kiu estas vi?
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Salutojn el la kongreso
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La ruĝa ganto
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Poste estis trinkata teo
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Mil vortoj
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Grammar articles
(74)The Esperanto Accusative: What -n Does, and Its Four Jobs
Adverbs in Esperanto: -e, and Why estas varme Has No Noun
Esperanto Affixes That Are Also Words: ilo, aro, eta, igi
Esperanto Aspect Affixes: ek-, re-, -ad-, dis- and mis-
Esperanto Suffixes -et-, -eg-, -ul-, -ist- and -an-
Esperanto Apposition: la urbon Parizon and the Echoed -n
Listening to Esperanto: What to Actually Listen To
Esperanto Capital Letters: Esperanto, franco, lundo
Esperanto Comparisons: pli, plej, ol and kiel
Esperanto Compound Tenses: esti + Participle, and When
Esperanto Compound Words: Reading Long Words From the Right
Esperanto -us and -u: Conditional and Imperative
Esperanto Connectors: tamen, kvankam, eĉ se, do and tial
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
Esperanto Conversation Words: nu, do, ja, fakte, cetere
Esperanto Restaurant Phrases: Ordering, Bonan Apetiton, Toasts
What to Read in Esperanto: The Bookshelf, In Order
Esperantismo and the Interna Ideo: What Esperanto Is For
Esperanto hodiaŭ: Where the Language Actually Lives
Esperanto False Friends: Words That Lie to English Speakers
The Esperanto Calendar: Zamenhofa Tago and Other Festivals
Esperanto Fractions, Multiples and Groups: -on-, -obl-, -op-
Who Decides Correct Esperanto? Fundamento and Akademio
Esperanto Greetings: Saluton, Dankon and Survival Phrases
Homaranismo: Zamenhof's Creed, Kept Apart from Esperanto
Esperanto -ig- and -iĝ-: Making and Becoming
Esperanto Impersonal Sentences: oni, pluvas, estas varme
Esperanto Interjections: Ho, Nu, Ve and Sound Words
Esperanto Question Words: Kiu, Kio, Kie and the Ki- Table
How to Actually Learn Esperanto, and Why It Is Faster
After the Esperanto Course: What to Do Next (Kien de Ĉi Tie)
Esperanto Food and Cooking Words: Kuirarto kaj Manĝo
The Esperanto Letter Ĥ: The Least-Loved Letter
The Esperanto Congress: Universala Kongreso and Its Words
Esperanto Body Parts: La Korpo, Head to Foot
Esperanto Grammar on One Page: All 16 Rules
Esperanto Countries and Nationalities: -io, -ujo and -ano
Esperanto Language Names: la angla, la anglan and angle
Esperanto Letter Writing: Register and Politeness
Esperanto Music and Films: What Is Worth Your Ears
Negation in Esperanto: ne, the neni- Words and nek
Esperanto Nouns and Adjectives: -o, -a and Agreement
Esperanto Numbers: Counting With Nine Roots, No Exceptions
Oomoto and the Bahá'ís: Two Faiths That Took Up Esperanto
Esperanto Punctuation, Spelling and Abbreviations
Spoken Esperanto: What People Actually Say
Esperanto Participles as Nouns: parolanto, venkinto
Esperanto Participles: -anta, -inta, -onta and What They Do
Esperanto Particles: ĉi tiu, ju...des, ajn and mem
The Esperanto Passive: -ata, -ita, -ota and esti
Personal Names in Esperanto: Johano, John or Ĝon?
Esperanto Personal Pronouns: mi, vi, li, ŝi and mia
Poetic Esperanto: Elision, Stress and What Verse Can Bend
Esperanto Prepositions: The Full List, With Examples
Esperanto pri- Verbs: pripensi, priskribi, pridemandi
Esperanto Propaedeutic Value: What the Studies Actually Show
Esperanto Quantity Words: iom, multe, kelkaj and da
How to Ask Questions in Esperanto: Ĉu, Tags and Answers
The Esperanto Reflexive: si and sia vs li and lia
Esperanto Reported Speech: li diris, ke li venos
Esperanto Rhyme and Metre: Counting Syllables, Adasismo
Esperanto Subordinate Clauses: ke, kiu, kiam and Commas
The Esperanto Article la: When to Use It and When Not
Telling the Time and Dates in Esperanto: je la tria
Esperanto Transitivity: Which Verbs Take an Object
Tricky Esperanto Prepositions: je, po and Direction -n
The Esperanto Suffix -um: The Official Wildcard
Esperanto Verb Tenses and Conjugation: -as, -is, -os
Esperanto Verbs and Prepositions: Which One Each Verb Takes
Esperanto Affixes: The Full List of Prefixes and Suffixes
Esperanto Word Endings: -o, -a, -e and -i
Esperanto Word Order: Emphasis, ne and ankaŭ
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 3: Your first ten words.