Questions & Answers about Ŝi ricevis tri poentojn.
How do you pronounce ŝi?
ŝi is pronounced roughly like shee in English.
- ŝ sounds like sh in shoe
- i sounds like ee in see
So ŝi is very close to English she in pronunciation.
Why is the verb ricevis ending in -is?
In Esperanto, -is marks the past tense.
So:
- ricevi = to receive
- ricevas = receives / is receiving
- ricevis = received
- ricevos = will receive
That means ricevis tells you the action happened in the past.
Why doesn’t the verb change to match she?
Because Esperanto verbs do not change according to person or number.
So the same past-tense form is used with all subjects:
- mi ricevis = I received
- vi ricevis = you received
- ŝi ricevis = she received
- ili ricevis = they received
This is much simpler than English or many other European languages.
Why does poentojn end in -ojn?