Ŝi turnis la aparaton.

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Breakdown of Ŝi turnis la aparaton.

• ŝi: she
• aparato: the device; apparatus
• turni: to turn something

Questions & Answers about Ŝi turnis la aparaton.

Why does ŝi mean she, and how do I pronounce ŝ?

Ŝi is the Esperanto third-person singular pronoun for she.

The letter ŝ is pronounced like sh in shoe. So ŝi sounds like shee.

A few related pronouns:

• li = he
• ĝi = it
• ili = they

Why does turnis end in -is?

In Esperanto, verb endings show tense very clearly.

• -as = present
• -is = past
• -os = future
• -us = conditional
• -u = command / jussive
• -i = infinitive

So:

• turnas = turns / is turning
• turnis = turned
• turnos = will turn

That means Ŝi turnis la aparaton is in the past tense because of -is.

What is the dictionary form of turnis?