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bryku (Arată profil) 2 decembrie 2014, 09:43:18
Hello.
How would you translate the sentence:
"He came riding from the very shores of the great ocean."
I am especially interested in this "very shores" part.
Thank you.
How would you translate the sentence:
"He came riding from the very shores of the great ocean."
I am especially interested in this "very shores" part.
Thank you.
sudanglo
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sudanglo (Arată profil) 2 decembrie 2014, 11:59:11
...de la bordoj mem de la granda oceano.
There are examples in the Tekstaro of the use of mem for this sense of 'very' in the Tekstaro.
Ĝuste la vesperon mem de tiu tago, la korpo de Sedilo estis retrovita
(On that very evening, the body ...)
Li estis punita per la afero mem, per kiu li estis pekinta
(his punishment consisted of the very thing ..)
There are examples in the Tekstaro of the use of mem for this sense of 'very' in the Tekstaro.
Ĝuste la vesperon mem de tiu tago, la korpo de Sedilo estis retrovita
(On that very evening, the body ...)
Li estis punita per la afero mem, per kiu li estis pekinta
(his punishment consisted of the very thing ..)
bryku (Arată profil) 2 decembrie 2014, 12:34:59
sudanglo:...de la bordoj mem de la granda oceano.Thanks. I have figured it out this way, but wasn't 100% sure.
There are examples in the Tekstaro of the use of mem for this sense of 'very' in the Tekstaro.
Ĝuste la vesperon mem de tiu tago, la korpo de Sedilo estis retrovita
(On that very evening, the body ...)
Li estis punita per la afero mem, per kiu li estis pekinta
(his punishment consisted of the very thing ..)