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U ending when Ke is used

od Alkanadi, 24. rujna 2014.

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Jezik: English

Alkanadi (Prikaz profila) 24. rujna 2014. 14:37:04

I noticed that when Ke is used in a sentence, the following verb should end with -U. I think they call this an imperative verb.

These examples are from "Exercise - When should I use the -u verb ending?"

1- Mi ne volas, ke li vizitu min ankoraŭfoje

2- Mi deziras, ke vi atingu multon en via vivo

3- Telefonu min antaŭ via foriro, por ke mi povu prepariĝi

4- La frato petis, ke mi revenu pli frue por ke mi helpu lin.

nornen (Prikaz profila) 24. rujna 2014. 14:40:23

Use the -u ending (imperative, jussive, exhortative) when you want to express a desire, an order or in general the idea that someone please do something.

Mi scias, ke vi faros gxin.
No order, but a fact, hence no -u.

Mi volas, ke vi faru gxin.
A desire, an order. I want you to do something. Hence the -u.

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Not sure if an English subjunctive works in these cases:
Ili diras, ke li estas hejme.
They say that he is home.

Ili diras, ke li estu hejme.
They say that he be home.

erinja (Prikaz profila) 24. rujna 2014. 14:56:06

I usually think of the -u as a "should" form.

He should be there -- Li estu tie! (stronger, to my ear, than "Li devus esti tie")

Mi volas ke vi iru -- figuratively "I want that you should go", but in usual English we say "I want him to go".

kaŝperanto (Prikaz profila) 24. rujna 2014. 18:40:25

Not always:

Mi neniam sciis, ke la cxielo bluas.

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