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Alkanadi (Zobraziť profil) 16. septembra 2014 17:06:25
orthohawk (Zobraziť profil) 16. septembra 2014 17:21:22
Alkanadi:If 2 verbs are together, the second always takes the i ending right?It depends on what thee means by "are together"......if one is a completion of an idea (I can do this. I want to go there. etc) then yes, the second verb has the -i ending.
If, however, the two verbs are in separate clauses (e.g. I love broccoli but hate caulifower) then each has the proper tense ending (according to the use of each verb in its clause).
Another example: I want you to go with me: Mi deziras, ke vi iru kun mi.
Fenris_kcf (Zobraziť profil) 16. septembra 2014 17:31:29
nornen (Zobraziť profil) 16. septembra 2014 20:06:39
Alkanadi:If 2 verbs are together, the second always takes the i ending right?Another way of testing whether a verb is infinite (-i) or finite (-as, -is, -os, -us, -u), is to put it in English into the past tense.
If the verb changes it is finite, if it doesn't its an infinitive.
I eat, sleep and drink.
Past: I ate, slept and drank.
All verbs changed, so all are finite:
Mi mangxas, dormas kaj trinkas.
I want to go.
Past: I wanted to go.
Only "want" changed, so "want" is finite and "go" is an infinitive (nicely decorated here by "to" ).
Mi volas iri.
I can call you.
Past: I could call you.
Only "can" changed, so "can" is finite and "call" is an infinitive.
Mi povas telefoni vin.
sudanglo (Zobraziť profil) 17. septembra 2014 10:00:22
If 2 verbs are together, the second always takes the i ending right?Not if there is a comma.
La princino tute ne atentis, rapidis hejmen kaj baldaŭ forgesis ...
La reĝino, ni jam tion diris, estis tre belega
ĉe ĉiu vorto, kiun vi parolos, eliros el via buŝo aŭ serpento aŭ rano
nornen (Zobraziť profil) 17. septembra 2014 17:05:38
Z:li eliras, sed tute, tute ne en tiu loko, kie li eliri devis.It can be that both take -i:
Z:estas bone ĉiam peni uzadi nur vortojn el la “Fundamento”You really have to check, whether the verb is finite or infinite.