"Ŝi volas sendi leteron al siaj gepatroj."

Translation: She wants to send a letter to her parents.

[skombro]

Shouldn't it be "sxiaj" and not "siaj"?

[vikungen]

No, if it was ŝiaj it would imply she wants to send the letter to someone else's parents.

She (Alice) wants to send a letter to her (Amandas) parents.

vs

She (Alice) wants to send a letter to her (own) parents.

[skombro]

So, can "sia" be used with "li" and "ili" as well?

[vikungen]

Yes!

[JohannesP3us]

so it's actually just like spanish, when you say "su, sus"

[bryanhumano]

It's more specific than that. It's more like saying "Su proprio" or "sus propios"

[XamLeumas]

How?

[Hsien.duol]

So, si is the pronoun when you refer to yourself? (e.g. Mi amas sin. I love myself.)

[salivanto]

It's only for third person - which is just about anything other than mi, ni or vi.

Maybe this song will help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCVkupOO8Es

[tu.8zPhLD72zzoZN]

And "She wants to send a letter to her own parents." is also accepted by Duolingo for this sentence.

[EsperantoEthan]

Wait...how would you say "my own," "his own," "our own," etc?

[claudydaniel]

so it must be hard to distinguish the words during listening

[TJF707015]

Does anybody know what the word for a letter of the alphabet is?
Would it be "alfabetajxo"?

[salivanto]

Litero

[TJF707015]

dankon