Questions & Answers about Ŝi konservas la programon en la komputilo.
Why does ŝi mean she?
Ŝi is the Esperanto third-person singular pronoun for a female person: she.
A few related pronouns:
- li = he
- ĝi = it
- ili = they
- mi = I
- vi = you
The letter ŝ is a separate Esperanto letter, pronounced like sh in she. So ŝi sounds roughly like shee.
What does the ending -as in konservas mean?
The ending -as marks the present tense in Esperanto.
So:
- konservi = to save / to keep / to store
- konservas = saves / keeps / is saving
- konservis = saved / kept
- konservos = will save / will keep
In Esperanto, all present-tense verbs use -as, regardless of the subject:
- mi konservas = I save
- ŝi konservas = she saves
- ili konservas = they save
Why does programon end in -n?