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sengir_assassin (Tunjukkan profil) 14 September 2007 17.49.49
In English we say,
"My dog is better."
"My dog is the best."
In Esperanto we say,
"Mia hundo estas pli bona."
"Mia hundo estas plej bona."
So I was thinking that one may be able to take that "ej" and stick it at the end of an adjective and use it like this:
Mia hundo estas bonej.
Mia hundo estas la bonej.
I know the "ej" is a suffix mean "a place described by the root", but I think it would be sufficiently different sounding and looking to not be a problem. What do you all think?
mnlg (Tunjukkan profil) 14 September 2007 18.43.10
novatago (Tunjukkan profil) 14 September 2007 19.32.50
sengir_assassin:Vere, la frazo estus: "Mia hundo estas la plej bona."
In Esperanto we say,
"Mia hundo estas pli bona."
"Mia hundo estas plej bona."
RiotNrrd (Tunjukkan profil) 15 September 2007 01.10.04
mnlg:I would only accept it if English accepted "more good" as a legitimate alternative for "better".I prefer "gooder".
richardhall (Tunjukkan profil) 15 September 2007 22.43.55
RiotNrrd:Nope. "Bestest" is correcter.mnlg:I would only accept it if English accepted "more good" as a legitimate alternative for "better".I prefer "gooder".
RiotNrrd (Tunjukkan profil) 16 September 2007 02.47.58
richardhall:Nope. "Bestest" is correcter.I think you is rightly.
donmiguel (Tunjukkan profil) 16 September 2007 07.14.49
@ sengir assasin: well, there are 2 possibilities to incline (?) adjectivs... modifier verb or syllable. they are equal. And dear Mister Zamenhof chose the first one.. he must have figured that there are already a lot of modifier syllables and that -ej would cause disorientation because it's a mix between adverb and plural, but the subject is an adjectiv
cheers