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Ilmen (顯示個人資料) 2013年5月13日下午8:26:54
Hello everybody! It's been a while since my last visit. ♪
I have some trouble figuring out how to make the distinction between "to wait for" and "to expect" (to deem an event as probable) in Esperanto, as they both translate to "atendi".
Could you please show me how would you translate the two following sentences?
• "I wait for the weather to improve."
• "I expect the weather to improve (soon)."
Thank you in advance.
Ilmen.
I have some trouble figuring out how to make the distinction between "to wait for" and "to expect" (to deem an event as probable) in Esperanto, as they both translate to "atendi".
Could you please show me how would you translate the two following sentences?
• "I wait for the weather to improve."
• "I expect the weather to improve (soon)."
Thank you in advance.
Ilmen.
J_Marc (顯示個人資料) 2013年5月14日上午9:26:06
Anticipi could also be used for 'wait', and maybe 'expect' too. Anticipi la pliboniĝon de la vetero. (Anticipate the improvement of the weather).
'supozi' could also be used for 'expect'.
'supozi' could also be used for 'expect'.
brw1 (顯示個人資料) 2013年5月15日上午5:04:59
sudanglo:Ilmen, doesn't attendre in French also double up on the meanings of expect and wait?You correct it does but, I had to look that up to see for sure! French is full of words with double meanings such as esperer means both to wait and hope in France it means both but, in cajun french attendre means to hear just as entendre does in Standard French and esperer means only to wait and I to say I hope is the same as I wish Je souhaite but, thats Cajun French the dialect of French which is spoken where I grew up in Louisiana
Can (顯示個人資料) 2013年5月15日上午6:03:19
Worse yet, Spanish "esperar" has THREE meanings: "to wait", "to expect" and "to hope"! However, there is no problem in everyday use due to the context and the alternatives available. I guess it's the same with the two meanings of "atendi" in Esperanto.