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What does Ju mean?

by Alkanadi, August 16, 2015

Messages: 7

Language: English

Alkanadi (User's profile) August 16, 2015, 3:53:12 PM

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 (User's profile) August 16, 2015, 4:00:11 PM

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 (User's profile) August 16, 2015, 4:42:15 PM

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 (User's profile) August 16, 2015, 5:49:50 PM

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

DuckFiasco (User's profile) August 16, 2015, 8:30:47 PM

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 (User's profile) August 16, 2015, 9:13:26 PM

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 (User's profile) August 16, 2015, 10:00:41 PM

Dankon ridulo.gif

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