62. To express possession, the demonstrative pronouns "tiu" and "cxi
tiu" have the special possessive or genitive forms "ties", that one's,
and "cxi ties", this one's. The use of "ties" and "cxi ties" to mean
"the former" and "the latter" is similar to the use of "tiu" and "cxi
tiu" shown in 61:
Mi iris al ties domo, I went to that one's house.
Cxi ties filoj estas junaj,
this person's (this one's) sons are young.
Mi sxatas ties koloron, sed preferas cxi tiun floron,
I like that one's color, but prefer this flower.
La patro kaj lia amiko parolas pri siaj domoj.
Ties estas nova, sed cxi ties sxajnas bela.
Father and his friend are talking about their houses.
The former's is new, but the latter's seems beautiful.