Translation
that one
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Examples
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That person is good.
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I saw that gentleman.
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This language is mine.
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Those people are coming to us.
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At that time we lived there.
points at one identified thing or person: "that one", or "that ..." in front of a noun. As a correlative in -u it takes the noun endings, so it agrees with what it points at: , , . Add the particle and it moves close to the speaker, giving or for "this one". Keep it apart from , which names an unidentified thing or a whole idea rather than picking one out.
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(4)Grammar articles
(17)Esperanto Comparisons: pli, plej, ol and kiel
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
Esperantismo and the Interna Ideo: What Esperanto Is For
Esperanto False Friends: Words That Lie to English Speakers
Gender in Esperanto: -in-, ge-, and the Reform That Waits
Homaranismo: Zamenhof's Creed, Kept Apart from Esperanto
After the Esperanto Course: What to Do Next (Kien de Ĉi Tie)
Esperanto Grammar on One Page: All 16 Rules
Unofficial Esperanto Affixes: -oz-, -iv- and the Rest
Esperanto Participles as Nouns: parolanto, venkinto
Esperanto Particles: ĉi tiu, ju...des, ajn and mem
Esperanto Proverbs: 15 From Zamenhof's Proverbaro
Esperanto Quantity Words: iom, multe, kelkaj and da
Esperanto Subordinate Clauses: ke, kiu, kiam and Commas
The Esperanto Article la: When to Use It and When Not
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 4: tiu, ke, kiu and 11 more words.