{"id":3080,"date":"2018-02-19T06:28:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T06:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/?p=3080"},"modified":"2018-02-19T01:42:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T01:42:12","slug":"a-deeper-look-at-mem-and-si-esperanto-words-for-self-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/a-deeper-look-at-mem-and-si-esperanto-words-for-self-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A deeper look at Mem and Si – Esperanto words for self part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In January, we took a look at mem<\/em> and si<\/em> – two words that are often misused. This month, by request, we take a closer look at some trickier cases.<\/p>\n

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“si” and “mem” are both translated as “self<\/strong>” Photo credit: Howard Lake on Flikr<\/p><\/div>\n

Me and my big mouth<\/h2>\n

At the end of last month’s\u00a0blog post<\/a> I quipped that we could probably do an entire post on the use of mem<\/em> and si<\/em> together. Several people commented that they would enjoy that level of depth. In the meanwhile (the very next day, in fact) I started seeing questions about si<\/em> which weren’t addressed last month. It looks like there is still much to cover here, so here we go.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t depend – si<\/em> in dependent clauses<\/h2>\n

As we discussed last time, si<\/em> (and derivatives like sin, sia, siajn<\/em>, et cetera) refer back to the subject. Sometimes, however, it’s not obvious what the subject is. Consider a sentence like the following.<\/p>\n