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Why is vizitanto a visitor instead of a visiting?

by xdzt, June 24, 2012

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cxevino
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cxevino (User's profile) June 26, 2012, 6:23:47 PM

-ant' is an active participle, so vizitanto can only mean someone or something visiting, like esperanto isn't hope but someone that hopes, havo is the act of having, havanto, one that has, and havaĵo, what someone has aŭ could have...

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erinja (User's profile) June 27, 2012, 1:00:19 AM

hetinjo:Kiam oni uzas ol ? Antaŭ ol mangi,mi devas kuiri. Anstataŭ ol mangi, mi devas
ordigi la kuirejon. Ĉu OK ?

Ol is used with antaŭ (and it can be used with "post" but "post kiam" is better)

It isn't used with "anstataŭ". It would be "Anstataŭ manĝi", no ol.

We use ol to link "antaŭ" with a verb or a phrase including a verb.