Translation
you
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Examples
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You are a good person.
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I can see you.
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Your hand is in my hand.
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Will you come with us?
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I told you the truth.
is "you" singular, "you" plural and the polite form all at once, so Esperanto spares you the French tu and vous decision entirely. Object , possessive , exactly as gives and . An old singular sits in the dictionary, but nobody uses it in speech and you can safely ignore it.
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Stories
(10)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
2 min read · Core 1000
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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Mil vortoj
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Grammar articles
(43)The Esperanto Accusative: What -n Does, and Its Four Jobs
Adverbs in Esperanto: -e, and Why estas varme Has No Noun
Esperanto Aspect Affixes: ek-, re-, -ad-, dis- and mis-
Esperanto Apposition: la urbon Parizon and the Echoed -n
Esperanto Comparisons: pli, plej, ol and kiel
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 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
The Esperanto Calendar: Zamenhofa Tago and Other Festivals
Esperanto Greetings: Saluton, Dankon and Survival Phrases
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
Esperanto Grammar on One Page: All 16 Rules
Esperanto Letter Writing: Register and Politeness
Negation in Esperanto: ne, the neni- Words and nek
Esperanto Punctuation, Spelling and Abbreviations
Spoken Esperanto: What People Actually Say
Esperanto Participles as Nouns: parolanto, venkinto
Esperanto Particles: ĉi tiu, ju...des, ajn and mem
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 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 Subordinate Clauses: ke, kiu, kiam and Commas
How to Type Esperanto Letters: ĉ ĝ ĥ ĵ ŝ ŭ on Any Device
Esperanto Transitivity: Which Verbs Take an Object
Tricky Esperanto Prepositions: je, po and Direction -n
Esperanto Verb Tenses and Conjugation: -as, -is, -os
Esperanto Verbs and Prepositions: Which One Each Verb Takes
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.