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Kia tago!

od J_Marc, 11. mája 2012

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Jazyk: English

J_Marc (Zobraziť profil) 11. mája 2012 21:41:27

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 (Zobraziť profil) 11. mája 2012 22:07:47

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 (Zobraziť profil) 12. mája 2012 2:31:27

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 (Zobraziť profil) 12. mája 2012 8:02:00

Kia tago! is fine.

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