Breakdown of Mia onklo, kiu loĝas ĉe la maro, venos al nia urbo dimanĉe.
la
the
al
to
urbo
the city
veni
to come
Questions & Answers about Mia onklo, kiu loĝas ĉe la maro, venos al nia urbo dimanĉe.
Why is it mia onklo and nia urbo? What are mia and nia grammatically?
Mia and nia are possessive adjectives.
- mia = my
- nia = our
They work like regular adjectives and describe a noun:
- mia onklo = my uncle
- nia urbo = our town
In Esperanto, possessive words like mia, via, lia, ŝia, ĝia, nia, and ilia are very common and straightforward.
Why isn’t there la before mia onklo or nia urbo?
In Esperanto, a possessive adjective usually makes la unnecessary.
So you normally say:
- mia onklo, not la mia onklo
- nia urbo, not la nia urbo
That is similar to English: we say my uncle, not the my uncle.
Forms like la mia... can exist in special emphatic or literary contexts, but for normal Esperanto, just use the possessive adjective by itself.
What does kiu mean here, and what word does it refer to?