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Kia tago!

by J_Marc, May 11, 2012

Messages: 4

Language: English

J_Marc (User's profile) May 11, 2012, 9:41:27 PM

As an exclamation at the end of a long or strange day, in English we might say, "What a day!"

"Kia tago!" seemed okay to me but I encountered some resistance to it when I used it. "Kian tagon!" was proposed instead.

I checked PIV and my first guess was correct, there are a couple of similar zamenhofisms as examples. However is this one of those things which has fallen out of use?

abdullatif (User's profile) May 11, 2012, 10:07:47 PM

I think that "Kian tagon" is right, because its an abbreviation for "Kian tagon mi havis"....

Maybe "Kia tago" is an abbreviation for "Kia tago hodiaux estis", or any other similar sentence.

I would prefer "Kian tagon"!

acdibble (User's profile) May 12, 2012, 2:31:27 AM

J_Marc:As an exclamation at the end of a long or strange day, in English we might say, "What a day!"

"Kia tago!" seemed okay to me but I encountered some resistance to it when I used it. "Kian tagon!" was proposed instead.

I checked PIV and my first guess was correct, there are a couple of similar zamenhofisms as examples. However is this one of those things which has fallen out of use?
I definitely agree with you. "Kia tago!" isn't the same kind of exclamation as "Bonan tagon!". "Bonan tagon!" is wishing somebody something but "Kia tago!" is making a general observation. One would also say "Vi idioto!", which is a general observation. I wouldn't say this is a rule, but it could be a quick way to decide whether to use accusative.

darkweasel (User's profile) May 12, 2012, 8:02:00 AM

Kia tago! is fine.

PMEG: Ekkriaj frazoj

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