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od sengir_assassin, 14. september 2007

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sengir_assassin (Prikaži profil) 14. september 2007 17:49:49

One day I was reading the grammar of another constructed language and I was thinking about the way we describe something is better or the best in English, and how we do it in Esperanto.

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 (Prikaži profil) 14. september 2007 18:43:10

I would only accept it if English accepted "more good" as a legitimate alternative for "better". ridulo.gif

novatago (Prikaži profil) 14. september 2007 19:32:50

sengir_assassin:

In Esperanto we say,
"Mia hundo estas pli bona."
"Mia hundo estas plej bona."
Vere, la frazo estus: "Mia hundo estas la plej bona."

RiotNrrd (Prikaži profil) 15. september 2007 01:10:04

mnlg:I would only accept it if English accepted "more good" as a legitimate alternative for "better". ridulo.gif
I prefer "gooder". ridulo.gif

黄鸡蛋 (Prikaži profil) 15. september 2007 03:50:58

RiotNrrd:
mnlg:I would only accept it if English accepted "more good" as a legitimate alternative for "better". ridulo.gif
I prefer "gooder". ridulo.gif
And "badder" for "worse". ridulo.gif

richardhall (Prikaži profil) 15. september 2007 22:43:55

RiotNrrd:
mnlg:I would only accept it if English accepted "more good" as a legitimate alternative for "better". ridulo.gif
I prefer "gooder". ridulo.gif
Nope. "Bestest" is correcter. lango.gif

RiotNrrd (Prikaži profil) 16. september 2007 02:47:58

richardhall:Nope. "Bestest" is correcter. lango.gif
I think you is rightly.

donmiguel (Prikaži profil) 16. september 2007 07:14:49

best funny thread! ridulo.gif

@ 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 ridego.gif

cheers

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