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語言: English
JenniferatLernu (顯示個人資料) 2007年12月8日上午12:58:37
"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 (顯示個人資料) 2007年12月8日上午1:26:02
JenniferatLernu (顯示個人資料) 2007年12月8日上午3:03:18
I'll respond and use "celi" as well. Thanks for the tip.
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Miland (顯示個人資料) 2007年12月8日下午4:27:39
Miland (顯示個人資料) 2007年12月8日下午8:47:46
pacepacapaco (顯示個人資料) 2007年12月8日下午9:30:29
Would somebody mind clearing that up for me in English and Esperanto?
mnlg (顯示個人資料) 2007年12月8日下午10:29:26
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 (顯示個人資料) 2007年12月8日下午10:37:15
pacepacapaco (顯示個人資料) 2007年12月8日下午10:43:23
erinja (顯示個人資料) 2007年12月11日下午2:21:15