Messages : 10
Langue: English
JenniferatLernu (Voir le profil) 8 décembre 2007 00:58:37
"Saluton. Kial vidas mi vin?"
Does this mean: "Hi. Why do I see you?"
I thought I'd ask here before I respond "Vi vidas min? Mi ne komprenas. Ĉu vi signifas kial mi uzas Lernu?"
Thanks in advance for your help. Hey and if there are any errors in my response please let me know that too. Constructive feedback = awesome.
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lagwagon555 (Voir le profil) 8 décembre 2007 01:26:02
JenniferatLernu (Voir le profil) 8 décembre 2007 03:03:18
I'll respond and use "celi" as well. Thanks for the tip.
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Miland (Voir le profil) 8 décembre 2007 16:27:39
Miland (Voir le profil) 8 décembre 2007 20:47:46
pacepacapaco (Voir le profil) 8 décembre 2007 21:30:29
Would somebody mind clearing that up for me in English and Esperanto?
mnlg (Voir le profil) 8 décembre 2007 22:29:26
pacepacapaco:I thought in English, one asks somebody (dative) a question (accusative).Yes, in English that's what you do with that verb (even though I think they are both accusative, because otherwise you wouldn't be able to turn it to passive and say "somebody has been asked". A dative cannot become the subject of a passive sentence, at least in the languages I know...). Consider another verb, though; consider "to pay". You can pay the bills, you can pay the supplier, you can pay dollars, you can pay the service.
Which one is the direct object? All of them.
In Esperanto, "demandi" is just as elastic (and, yes, "pagi" too).
Terurĉjo says:
"You do not ask a question. You make a question, place a question; "demandi" is a transitive verb, and usually you ask someone; but you may of course express yourself in another form: you can ask about something to someone".
pacepacapaco (Voir le profil) 8 décembre 2007 22:37:15
pacepacapaco (Voir le profil) 8 décembre 2007 22:43:23
erinja (Voir le profil) 11 décembre 2007 14:21:15