Messages: 18
Language: English
Alkanadi (User's profile) August 10, 2015, 7:41:47 AM
Devi - To require something.
Bezoni - To desperately need something.
Matthieu (User's profile) August 10, 2015, 8:50:11 AM
Bezoni - to need
TimOwen (User's profile) August 10, 2015, 8:50:30 AM
Alkanadi:Is this correct?Nope. Devi carries some sense of obligation or necessity. Its English counterparts are most closely must and to have to.
Bezoni is simply to need or to require.
pobotay (User's profile) August 10, 2015, 12:12:45 PM
Oni devas iri al laboro akurate
Oni bezonas aeron por spiri
manfazil (User's profile) August 10, 2015, 1:04:33 PM
Example:
Mi necesas akvon por trinki.
or
Mi bezonas akvon por trinki.
Vestitor (User's profile) August 10, 2015, 1:08:51 PM
Mi bezonas akvon = I need water.
Akvo estas necesi por vivo = Water is necessary to life. (or is that necese/a?)
manfazil (User's profile) August 10, 2015, 1:13:18 PM
Matthieu (User's profile) August 10, 2015, 1:13:57 PM
pobotay:Just to check, would these sentences be correct?Yes.
Oni devas iri al laboro akurate
Oni bezonas aeron por spiri
manfazil:What is the difference between "necesi" and "bezoni"?"Necesi" means "to be necessary". The first sentence is incorrect.
Example:
Mi necesas akvon por trinki.
or
Mi bezonas akvon por trinki.
FractalBloom (User's profile) August 10, 2015, 4:05:50 PM
Vestitor:Necesi is not 'need' it is necessary."Akvo estas necesa" or "Akvo necesas". Bezoni is transitive and necesi is intransitive.
Mi bezonas akvon = I need water.
Akvo estas necesi por vivo = Water is necessary to life. (or is that necese/a?)
"Akvo estas necesi" would mean "water is the act of being necessary".
DuckFiasco (User's profile) August 10, 2015, 4:30:36 PM