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The word "only" in Esperanto

de rajatagrawal21, 2016-februaro-26

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bdlingle (Montri la profilon) 2016-februaro-28 19:47:26

sergejm:Here is an example, there 'nur' and 'sola' meet together:
'La straton lumigis nur unu sola laterno'
(I don't know how precisely to translate it to English)
Couldn't it be: "Only one lone latern illuminated the street"?

Miland (Montri la profilon) 2016-februaro-29 14:05:01

sergejm:Here is an example, there 'nur' and 'sola' meet together:
'La straton lumigis nur unu sola laterno'
(I don't know how precisely to translate it to English)
In that context sola means "by itself", "without a companion" or "alone".

ludomastro (Montri la profilon) 2016-marto-01 16:41:34

bdlingle:
sergejm:Here is an example, there 'nur' and 'sola' meet together:
'La straton lumigis nur unu sola laterno'
(I don't know how precisely to translate it to English)
Couldn't it be: "Only one lone latern illuminated the street"?
That works. I think I'd translate it as, "Only one solitary light lit the street." Thus, "only" is "nur" and "solitary" is "sola."

Mustelvulpo (Montri la profilon) 2016-marto-01 20:09:56

sergejm:Here is an example, there 'nur' and 'sola' meet together:
'La straton lumigis nur unu sola laterno'
(I don't know how precisely to translate it to English)
"The street was lighted by only one single lantern." Other words would also work in place of single such as lone, sole, isolated, solitary, lonely, etc.

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