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Daft question?

貼文者: richardhall, 2007年7月31日

訊息: 5

語言: English

richardhall (顯示個人資料) 2007年7月31日上午9:39:25

At the risk of making myself look stupid (What do you mean, 'look'? rido.gif ), why do greetings like 'Good morning' etc take the accusative ending? I daresay that it's obvious, but it bugs me that I don't know!

Matthieu (顯示個人資料) 2007年7月31日上午9:57:30

I think that “good morning” means “I wish you a good morning.”
So, in Esperanto, “[Mi deziras al vi] bonan matenon.”

mnlg (顯示個人資料) 2007年7月31日下午12:41:43

Yes, that's correct. Other examples are "[Mi donas al vi] saluton", "[Mi ofertas al vi] miajn kondolencojn", "[Mi petas al vi] pardonon", etc.

richardhall (顯示個人資料) 2007年7月31日下午12:56:42

Thanks -- I knew it would be obvious as soon as someone explained!

EL_NEBULOSO (顯示個人資料) 2007年7月31日下午3:45:44

By the way, it's the same in German:

"Guten Tag" (good day) is accusative (nominativ would be "guter Tag") and it's also because it means "I wish you a good day". Strangely, (nearly) nobody in Germany knows, why we use the accusative.

Just another example, how Esperanto is able to also help you improve the knowledge of you own language! rido.gif

Gerald

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