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What does Ju mean?

kelle poolt Alkanadi, 16. august 2015

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Alkanadi (Näita profiili) 16. august 2015 15:53.12

I have been seeing this a lot:

Ju pli ...., des pli....

What does this construction mean?

Example:
Ju pli malbone staras la homoj, des pli da musoj.

erinja (Näita profiili) 16. august 2015 16:00.11

It's like the more, the more in English.

The more I read, the more I learn. Ju pli mi legas, des pli mi lernas.

The more I sleep, the less I learn. Ju pli mi dormas, des malpli mi lernas.

Alkanadi (Näita profiili) 16. august 2015 16:42.15

erinja:It's like the more, the more in English.

The more I read, the more I learn. Ju pli mi legas, des pli mi lernas.

The more I sleep, the less I learn. Ju pli mi dormas, des malpli mi lernas.
Do the verbs have to be in the same tense? Can I say:

The more I read, the more I will learn. Ju pli mi legas, des pli mi lernos.

mbalicki (Näita profiili) 16. august 2015 17:49.50

Sure, there is no restriction about the tense. Check out PMEG on this topic.

DuckFiasco (Näita profiili) 16. august 2015 20:30.47

I've also seen "Des pli bone." all on its own, which is the response "So much the better."
I'm not sure when else you might use just a "des..." construction like that.

mbalicki (Näita profiili) 16. august 2015 21:13.26

DuckFiasco:I've also seen "Des pli bone." all on its own, which is the response "So much the better."
I'm not sure when else you might use just a "des..." construction like that.
More examples to be found in PMEG. ridego.gif

DuckFiasco (Näita profiili) 16. august 2015 22:00.41

Dankon ridulo.gif

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