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Esperanto
- chi (H-system spelling)
- cxi (X-system spelling)
Etymology
Proximal pronouns in French (ce, ici, ci) and Italian (ci), all ultimately from Vulgar Latin *ecce hīc (here).
Pronunciation
Particle
ĉi
- here (adverbial particle of proximity)
- ĉi combines with demonstrative correlatives to indicate that the referrent is somehow near the speaker:
- ĉi tiu / tiu ĉi: "this one/person"
- ĉi tio / tio ĉi: "this thing"
- ĉi tia / tia ĉi: "this kind of"
- ĉi ties / ties ĉi: "belonging to these people"
- ĉi tiel / tiel ĉi: "this standard manner or degree"
- ĉi tie / tie ĉi: "here"
- ĉi tiam / tiam ĉi: "then just past or very soon"
- ĉi tiom / tiom ĉi: "this much of a typical quantity"
- ĉi tial / tial ĉi: "for this common reason"
- just mentioned, the latter
1910, Ivy Kellerman, A Complete Grammar of Esperanto, D. C. Heath and Company, Lesson XIV:Gertrude kaj Mario estas en la parko. Tiu rigardas la florojn, ĉi tiu kolektas ilin.- Gertrude and Mary are in the park. The former (that one) looks at the flowers, the latter (this one) gathers them.
- (as prefix of adjective or adverb) (usually hyphenated) here, this
- ĉi-jara (“of this year”)
- ĉi-sube (“below this, below here”)
Derived terms