Usages of lia
Se mi bezonus vestojn, mi vizitus lian butikon por aĉeti ion novan.
If I needed clothes, I would visit his store to buy something new.
Lia kato ludas en la ĝardeno.
His cat plays in the garden.
Mia frato ne timas la najbaron, sed mia fratino timas lian bruon en la nokto.
My brother is not afraid of the neighbor, but my sister fears his noise at night.
Vespere la patro diras, ke lia tago estis pli longa ol la tago de la patrino.
In the evening the father says that his day was longer than the mother's day.
La patrino respondas, ke ŝia tago estis pli maltrankvila ol lia, sed nun ŝi sentas sin trankvila.
The mother answers that her day was more anxious than his, but now she feels calm.
Test yourself: What does lia mean?
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