The word "only" in Esperanto
de rajatagrawal21, 26 februarie 2016
Contribuții/Mesaje: 14
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bdlingle (Arată profil) 28 februarie 2016, 19:47:26
sergejm:Here is an example, there 'nur' and 'sola' meet together:Couldn't it be: "Only one lone latern illuminated the street"?
'La straton lumigis nur unu sola laterno'
(I don't know how precisely to translate it to English)
Miland (Arată profil) 29 februarie 2016, 14:05:01
sergejm:Here is an example, there 'nur' and 'sola' meet together:In that context sola means "by itself", "without a companion" or "alone".
'La straton lumigis nur unu sola laterno'
(I don't know how precisely to translate it to English)
ludomastro (Arată profil) 1 martie 2016, 16:41:34
bdlingle:That works. I think I'd translate it as, "Only one solitary light lit the street." Thus, "only" is "nur" and "solitary" is "sola."sergejm:Here is an example, there 'nur' and 'sola' meet together:Couldn't it be: "Only one lone latern illuminated the street"?
'La straton lumigis nur unu sola laterno'
(I don't know how precisely to translate it to English)
Mustelvulpo (Arată profil) 1 martie 2016, 20:09:56
sergejm:Here is an example, there 'nur' and 'sola' meet together:"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.
'La straton lumigis nur unu sola laterno'
(I don't know how precisely to translate it to English)