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What does Ju mean?

dari Alkanadi, 16 Agustus 2015

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Bahasa: English

Alkanadi (Tunjukkan profil) 16 Agustus 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 (Tunjukkan profil) 16 Agustus 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 (Tunjukkan profil) 16 Agustus 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 (Tunjukkan profil) 16 Agustus 2015 17.49.50

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

DuckFiasco (Tunjukkan profil) 16 Agustus 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 (Tunjukkan profil) 16 Agustus 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 (Tunjukkan profil) 16 Agustus 2015 22.00.41

Dankon ridulo.gif

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