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Esperanto
Etymology
From ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) + -om (correlative suffix of quantity).
Pronunciation
Adverb
tiom
- that much, so much (demonstrative correlative of quantity)
Kiam en Surabajo mi aĉetis mian ŝipbileton al Bali, mi sentis kvazaŭ mi akiris ŝlosilon al la paradizo. Ĉar tiom mi estis leginta pri la feliĉa popolo, pri la feinaj virinoj, pri la senkomparaj pejzaĝoj, ke certe nur surtera paradizo povas instigi je tiom da entuziasmaj kaj laŭdaj vortoj.- When in Surabaya I bought my boarding pass to Bali, I felt as if I had acquired a key to paradise. Because I had read so much about the happy people, about the fairylike women, about the incomparable landscape, that certainly only a paradise on earth could bring about such quantity of enthusiastic and praising words.
Pronoun
tiom
- that quantity, such quantity
Kiam en Surabajo mi aĉetis mian ŝipbileton al Bali, mi sentis kvazaŭ mi akiris ŝlosilon al la paradizo. Ĉar tiom mi estis leginta pri la feliĉa popolo, pri la feinaj virinoj, pri la senkomparaj pejzaĝoj, ke certe nur surtera paradizo povas instigi je tiom da entuziasmaj kaj laŭdaj vortoj.- When in Surabaya I bought my boarding pass to Bali, I felt as if I had acquired a key to paradise. Because I had read so much about the happy people, about the fairylike women, about the incomparable landscape, that certainly only a paradise on earth could bring about such quantity of enthusiastic and praising words.
Derived terms
Usage notes
When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, ĉi tiom/tiom ĉi means "this much".
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