"Tio estas ĝia hejmo."
Translation:That is its home.
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You can add ĉi to show that "this" is close. Tio = that, tio ĉi (ĉi tio) = this. (Same with tiu ĉi = this one.)
If you think about it, this and that mean nearly the same thing in English. They both mean "the specific item, which I am likely pointing to or otherwise indicating". The only difference is the relative nearness of the item. So if you need to make a point of the item's proximity, then you use ĉi with the pronoun. Otherwise... what's the difference?
great explanation - dankon! You and balou67 together really helped me understand this concept <3
I believe this is true officially, however sometimes "tio" is also used to mean "this" without the "ĉi". I don't like to do so myself, but I've heard it from some accomplished Esperantists.
In Toki Pona (another constructed language), 'ni' also means 'this' and 'that'...I think constructed languages have fewer words to make it easier to learn.
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You should take into account that Sonja Lang (or jan Sonja, the author of Toki Pona) speaks Esperanto too. Which is why it has a lot of influence on Toki Pona.
I used to reference Sonja's on-line vortaro quite a bit, since she would have definitions of some of the odder words in both English and Esperanto. One could also request/suggest words that were not elsewhere defined.
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That was two minutes and 47 seconds of my life laughing my head off. Thank you.
Probably a dumb question, but when should you use tio and when should you use ke?
Tio is "that thing there". Ke links clauses together in a sentence.
Tio estas bela porko. Mi scias, ke vi ŝatas porkaĵon.
Note: Kiu is also often used for the English "that", so be watchful. Tio estas porko, kiun vi ŝatas.
Tiu means "that one", or "that (followed by a noun)"
Mi ŝatas tiun kantiston = I like that singer (not * Mi ŝatas tion kantiston)
Tiu estas la plej granda besto = that one is the biggest animal
Tio estas interesanta = that is interesting
Tiu estas interesanta = that one is interesting
with that being said.... why wouldn't "tiu estas gxia hejmo?" work here?
Since we have no noun neither explicitly stated nor known through context; if I said rigardu ĉi tiun neston; tiu estas ĝia hejmo for example, we now have a noun to reference tiu back to (nesto).
Tio takes the place of a missing (for any reason) noun.
Tiu refers to the noun.
Not 100% of the time but often enough that you can pretty much bet on it.
So tiu [noun] estas… or tio estas…
Same with Kio and Kiu.
Maybe I'll watch "Happy gilmore", I don't watch movies that much, it sounds funny.
The apostrophe on it's actually makes it into a contraction of it is. Oddly enough the possessive of it, is its.
Even native speakers mess this one up.
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(Belongs to it = its) is not so odd when you consider that ...you》yours and ...her》hers also don't have apostrophes. Theirs, ours, his also don't have apostrophes. Hope that helps.
I've got this question several times, where narrator on the question's page clearly said "kio" and not "tio".
I just listened to the sample above, and I'm clearly hearing tio. Granted, there could be another recording, but I notice that you are the only one complaining about this.
The best solution is practice.
Indeed, the sample above says tio. Audio on the question was definitely different. It was done in the same voice and, what's most confusing, same intonation: it didn't have a tone of a question. If I ever encounter it again, I'll try to make a recording.
I think we're all hearing the same sound clip when we click the speaker icon at the top of this page. I hear the guy I call "second male voice" and like Fred, I clearly hear "tio".
As it happens, I just listened to another voice, and that one says "tio" too. It's perhaps slightly less aspirated, but still....
This surprises me.
More info here:
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/34605501/The-Esperanto-audio-is-too-fast-too-slow-not-clear
Ownership, in the sense of having bought something, is not explicitly necessary; if a rabbit lives in a burrow, then that burrow is its home.
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"This is my phone. This is its charger." The charger "belongs to" the phone because they go together, not that the phone necessarily owns it. "How hot is the water? Please tell me its temperature."