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My Father's Name...

ya naamatt, 13 Julai 2013

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Lugha: English

naamatt (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 13 Julai 2013 10:21:23 asubuhi

Hi Everyone! ridulo.gif
I have a question: How do you say "my father's name" in Esperanto? I couldn't figure out how to say "my ___'s ___".

yyaann (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 13 Julai 2013 10:42:30 asubuhi

Esperanto doesn't really have a genitive case like English does.

Granted, you can quite reliably replace "___'s ___" by "la ___a ___o". Zamenhof's language -> La zamenhofa lingvo.

However, doing the same with "my ___'s ___" might result in confusion. Mia patra nomo would likely be understood as "the name I bear as a father".

An unconventional alternative would be La miapatra nomo ([mia patro]a -> miapatra) but for clarity's sake it's best to reserve this for literary usage.

Thus, the safest option is la nomo de mia patro.

naamatt (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 13 Julai 2013 1:07:22 alasiri

Thanks!

pdenisowski (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 14 Julai 2013 7:24:11 alasiri

naamatt:Hi Everyone! ridulo.gif
I have a question: How do you say "my father's name" in Esperanto? I couldn't figure out how to say "my ___'s ___".
If you want to say "my father's name is ..." you could use "mia patro nomiĝas ..."

Amike,

Paul

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