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Brand names that mean something in Esperanto

FoxtrotUniform,2016年4月7日の

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言語: English

FoxtrotUniform (プロフィールを表示) 2016年4月7日 21:58:21

The discussion about Unfaithful Malinda got me thinking about a question about the company whose product I hawk. Kia automobiles. I can see a conversation quickly deteriorating into a bad "who's on first?" routine.

Mi estas aŭtovendisto.

Kian aŭton vi vendas?

Prave.

I'm a car salesman.

You sell Kia autos?

Right.

bdlingle (プロフィールを表示) 2016年4月8日 0:48:27

That is very interesting! And kind of funny, because they want to know what kind of cars you sell, but unintentionally say it in their question MDR! Also don't forget about the -j when you are talking about plurals ridulo.gif

FoxtrotUniform (プロフィールを表示) 2016年4月8日 1:41:23

bdlingle:That is very interesting! And kind of funny, because they want to know what kind of cars you sell, but unintentionally say it in their question MDR! Also don't forget about the -j when you are talking about plurals ridulo.gif
I thought about whether it should be Kian auxto vi vendas (What kind of car do you sell?) vs. Kajn auxtojn vi vendas? (What kinds of car do you sell?) And if you're asking about what kind car (= what make).

The interpretation, You sell Kia autos (which yeah would be Kiajn auxtojn vi vendas)...

bdlingle (プロフィールを表示) 2016年4月10日 20:00:08

One way you say that you sell Kia cars is: Mi vendas aŭtojn fare de Kia ridulo.gif

FoxtrotUniform (プロフィールを表示) 2016年4月11日 2:20:29

bdlingle:One way you say that you sell Kia cars is: Mi vendas aŭtojn fare de Kia ridulo.gif
Or if you take Kias to be noun, which of course it is a noun because we don't have number agreement with adjectives in English, just make it a noun the Esperanto way:

Mi vendas Kia-ojn.

Alkanadi (プロフィールを表示) 2016年4月11日 7:44:47

bdlingle (プロフィールを表示) 2016年4月13日 11:58:17

FoxtrotUniform:Or if you take Kias to be noun, which of course it is a noun because we don't have number agreement with adjectives in English, just make it a noun the Esperanto way:

Mi vendas Kia-ojn.
Yep, I believe that works too ridulo.gif

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