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Word of the day - mistake

by Alkanadi, August 6, 2015

Messages: 8

Language: English

Alkanadi (User's profile) August 6, 2015, 5:59:52 AM

Is this correct?
Ni estas atendas la aŭtobuson.

Shouldn't it be like this?
Ni atendas la aŭtobuson.

Or like this?
Ni estas atendantoj por la aŭtobuso.

tommjames (User's profile) August 6, 2015, 8:06:43 AM

Is this correct?
Ni estas atendas la aŭtobuson.
No.
Shouldn't it be like this?
Ni atendas la aŭtobuson.
Yes.
Or like this?
Ni estas atendantoj por la aŭtobuso.
It should be "Ni estas atendantaj la aŭtobuson". But the simple form would be preferable.

erinja (User's profile) August 6, 2015, 10:43:50 PM

Is that from a lernu word of the day? And if so, which one?

Red_Rat_Writer (User's profile) August 7, 2015, 3:32:51 AM

erinja:Is that from a lernu word of the day? And if so, which one?
Transparent Language.
Someone has got to tell Chuck Smith

TimOwen (User's profile) August 7, 2015, 2:07:56 PM

Red_Rat_Writer:Someone has got to tell Chuck Smith
Why wouldn't "someone" be you?

That said, Chuck's relationship with Transparent Language came to and end in June, so he's no longer the person to contact.

Alkanadi (User's profile) August 9, 2015, 7:08:55 AM

erinja:Is that from a lernu word of the day? And if so, which one?
No. It is from the Transparent Language.

Look at August 6:
http://www.transparent.com/word-of-the-day/today/esperanto.html

Alkanadi (User's profile) August 9, 2015, 7:13:09 AM

Red_Rat_Writer:Someone has got to tell Chuck Smith
Honestly, I feel really bad about getting someone in trouble, but there are lots of mistakes. Maybe about one or two every month.

Secondly, every language learning resource seems to have mistakes in it. Probably because the workers are rushed and not paid good enough.

The word of the day is still an amazing resource. I have it as one of my start pages. It so nice to hear a sentence and see it in context.

My advice to the creator is to use this website:
http://beta.visl.sdu.dk/visl/eo/tools/spelling.php

This website will find almost all the errors. You still have to be careful though.

salivanto (User's profile) June 25, 2019, 1:55:16 PM

Honestly, I feel really bad about getting someone in trouble, but there are lots of mistakes. Maybe about one or two every month.

Secondly, every language learning resource seems to have mistakes in it. Probably because the workers are rushed and not paid good enough.
My estimation was that every third sentence had a problem. The good news is that the program was just updated. There should be far fewer problems and all-new audio with a variety of speakers.

As for "employees not being paid enough" - this is Esperanto we're talking about. The WOTD was started by a family member of an unnamed Transparent employee who did it as a passion project - and all updates were done by volunteers.

The main volunteer does have a Patreon page, though, if you'd like to encourage him to take on more projects. ridulo.gif

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