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Daft question?

글쓴이: richardhall, 2007년 7월 31일

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richardhall (프로필 보기) 2007년 7월 31일 오전 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 (프로필 보기) 2007년 7월 31일 오전 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 (프로필 보기) 2007년 7월 31일 오후 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 (프로필 보기) 2007년 7월 31일 오후 12:56:42

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

EL_NEBULOSO (프로필 보기) 2007년 7월 31일 오후 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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