Translation
such; that kind of
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Examples
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I have never seen such a person.
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Such is the truth.
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I do not want that kind of life.
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People like that do not tell the truth.
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At a time like that one has to be strong.
Tia is a correlative adjective, so it agrees like any other: tian homon, tiaj homoj, tiajn homojn. It answers the question kia, which asks what sort of thing something is. Watch the difference from tiu: tiu picks out which one, tia describes what kind.
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Word family
Words built on tia with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- tiamaniereadverb
in that way, thus
tiamaniero
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tia: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 14: tia, ankoraŭ, paroli and 7 more words.