Questions & Answers about Ŝi retiris kontantan monon ĉe la bankejo.
Why does ŝi mean she here, and what does the little ŝ do?
Ŝi is the Esperanto third-person singular pronoun for she.
The letter ŝ is a separate Esperanto letter, pronounced like sh in English shoe. So:
- si would be a different word
- ŝi = she
Esperanto uses accented letters as full letters of the alphabet, not just spelling decoration.
Why does retiris end in -is?
In Esperanto, -is marks the past tense of a verb.
So:
- retiras = withdraws / is withdrawing
- retiris = withdrew
- retoros = will withdraw
The verb here is retiri, meaning to withdraw or to take out.
So ŝi retiris means she withdrew.
What is the base form of retiris?