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What does Ju mean?

од Alkanadi, 16. август 2015.

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Alkanadi (Погледати профил) 16. август 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 (Погледати профил) 16. август 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 (Погледати профил) 16. август 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 (Погледати профил) 16. август 2015. 17.49.50

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

DuckFiasco (Погледати профил) 16. август 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 (Погледати профил) 16. август 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 (Погледати профил) 16. август 2015. 22.00.41

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