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Odd-rationale (Покажи профила) 09 ноември 2007, 23:48:42
First of all, I would like to like to express my thanks to lernu! and all those involved for providing such a quality website for people to learn Esperanto - for free!(no premium membership, etc.)
This is my first week in Esperanto. And I am enjoying it very much.
My question is how does one know when to use the article "la"?
For example, we say
"Ana estas en domo."
"La pilko estas sur la tablo."
Why does "tablo" have a "la" but "domo" does not?
Your help is greatly appreciated!
Dankon!
Miland (Покажи профила) 10 ноември 2007, 00:55:56
Odd-rationale:"Ana estas en domo."Welcome to the world of Esperanto!
"La pilko estas sur la tablo."
Why does "tablo" have a "la" but "domo" does not?
Here's a rough rule: where you would use 'the' in English, use 'la' in Esperanto, and where you would use 'a' or 'an' in English, leave it out in Esperanto (which doesn't have an indefinite article).
I encourage you to keep up your Esperanto studies at a pace that you can manage without difficulty. Never mind slow progress so long as you keep going.
Odd-rationale (Покажи профила) 10 ноември 2007, 01:14:31
Let me see if I get this.
So I can say
"Ana estas en la domo."
to specify "Ana is in the house."
Likewise, if I say
"La pilko estas sur tablo."
it would mean "The ball is under a table"
And so on.
Is that correct?
RiotNrrd (Покажи профила) 10 ноември 2007, 02:13:20
Odd-rationale:So I can sayPrecisely.
"Ana estas en la domo."
to specify "Ana is in the house."
Likewise, if I say
"La pilko estas sur tablo."
it would mean "The ball is under a table"
Is that correct?
Odd-rationale (Покажи профила) 10 ноември 2007, 02:21:46
Thanks all for your help!
Dankon!
Matthieu (Покажи профила) 10 ноември 2007, 09:32:43
Odd-rationale:So I can sayYou correctly used the article, but sur means “on”, not “under”.
"Ana estas en la domo."
to specify "Ana is in the house."
Likewise, if I say
"La pilko estas sur tablo."
it would mean "The ball is under a table"
Is that correct?
Odd-rationale (Покажи профила) 10 ноември 2007, 14:35:50