Questions & Answers about Malgraŭ tio, ke la sako reuzeblas, neniu uzas ĝin.
It means despite the fact that or although.
So:
- malgraŭ = despite / in spite of
- tio, ke... = the fact that...
Together, malgraŭ tio, ke la sako reuzeblas means despite the fact that the bag can be reused.
A learner should also know that Esperanto often uses kvankam for although, so a very similar sentence could be:
- Kvankam la sako reuzeblas, neniu uzas ĝin.
That is a little more direct, but the original sentence is perfectly normal too.
In malgraŭ tio, ke..., the word tio means that or more naturally the fact. The structure is basically:
- malgraŭ tio = despite that
- ke... = that...
So literally it is something like despite that, that..., but in natural English we say despite the fact that...
This is a common Esperanto pattern. Tio points forward to the whole clause introduced by ke.
Esperanto often uses commas to clearly separate clauses.
Here the structure is: