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Lynchie1975 (显示个人资料) 2012年3月28日上午11:28:27
Hi everyone, after the accusative question I asked(I think I understand it now-sort of, by the way), I would like to ask another question. How is a sentence with more than one verb handled in esperanto? Do they all take the same ending, or is it right that the following verbs after the first one always keep the infinitive ending?
Thank you for all your help. It is much appreciated.
Thank you for all your help. It is much appreciated.
Fenris_kcf (显示个人资料) 2012年3月28日上午11:56:53
In a way it's the same as in English and many other languges:
1) Modal-verb-construction
Then the modal-verb is conugated and the verb it refers to appears as infinitive. Examples:
[EN] You must be careful.
[i]Vi [color=green]devas[/color] [color=blue]esti[/color] gardema.[/i]<br />
<br />
[EN] [i]She [color=green]wants[/color] [color=blue]to have[/color] a car.[/i]<br />
[eo] [i]Ŝe [color=green]volas[/color] [color=blue]havi[/color] aŭton.[/i]<br />
<br />
2) Multiple verbs refering to the same thing<br />
Here all the verbs are conugated equally. Examples:<br />
<br />
[EN] [i]It's quite easy [color=blue]to write[/color] and [color=blue](to) read[/color] Esperanto.[/i]<br />
[eo] [i]Estas sufiĉe facila [color=blue]skribi[/color] kaj [color=blue]legi[/color] Esperanton.[/i]<br />
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[EN] [i]The lord [color=green]gives[/color] and [color=green]takes[/color].[/i]<br />
[eo] [i]La lordo [color=green]donas[/color] kaj [color=green]prenas[/color].[/i][/eo][/eo][/eo]
1) Modal-verb-construction
Then the modal-verb is conugated and the verb it refers to appears as infinitive. Examples:
[EN] You must be careful.
[i]Vi [color=green]devas[/color] [color=blue]esti[/color] gardema.[/i]<br />
<br />
[EN] [i]She [color=green]wants[/color] [color=blue]to have[/color] a car.[/i]<br />
[eo] [i]Ŝe [color=green]volas[/color] [color=blue]havi[/color] aŭton.[/i]<br />
<br />
2) Multiple verbs refering to the same thing<br />
Here all the verbs are conugated equally. Examples:<br />
<br />
[EN] [i]It's quite easy [color=blue]to write[/color] and [color=blue](to) read[/color] Esperanto.[/i]<br />
[eo] [i]Estas sufiĉe facila [color=blue]skribi[/color] kaj [color=blue]legi[/color] Esperanton.[/i]<br />
<br />
[EN] [i]The lord [color=green]gives[/color] and [color=green]takes[/color].[/i]<br />
[eo] [i]La lordo [color=green]donas[/color] kaj [color=green]prenas[/color].[/i][/eo][/eo][/eo]
That is the way I've been doing it, so I have a pretty good idea I'm doing it right, now.