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Using more than one verb in a sentence

글쓴이: Lynchie1975, 2012년 3월 28일

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언어: English

Lynchie1975 (프로필 보기) 2012년 3월 28일 오전 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.

Fenris_kcf (프로필 보기) 2012년 3월 28일 오전 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 />
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2) Multiple verbs refering to the same thing<br />
Here all the verbs are conugated equally.
Examples:<br />
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[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]

Lynchie1975 (프로필 보기) 2012년 3월 28일 오후 12:06:27

Thank you ridulo.gif That is the way I've been doing it, so I have a pretty good idea I'm doing it right, now.

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