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Alkanadi (User's profile) June 29, 2016, 8:34:46 AM
Nun = now
frapis = hit in the past
Is this sentence grammatically correct?
johmue (User's profile) June 29, 2016, 9:07:13 AM
Alkanadi:Nun iu frapis la pordegon de la kastelo...I had discussions about that with several people. I think it is correct, because it means something like "Now is the time, that the long awaited knocking at the door is finally in the past."
Nun = now
frapis = hit in the past
Is this sentence grammatically correct?
So if the event, that the past tense verb is talking about, changed some situation in the way, that you can say there is a before and an after, I think the combination of "nun" + past tense is actually quite useful.
If on the other hand the event is of minor importance, I wouldn't use "nun" but "jxus". For example "Jxus bojis hundo."
Alkanadi (User's profile) June 29, 2016, 10:01:12 AM
johmue:I had discussions about that with several people. I think it is correct, because it means something like "Now is the time, that the long awaited knocking at the door is finally in the past."Thanks. I was reading the Esperanto story about the Princess and the Pea. The author uses Nun and a past tense verb three times in the story.
At first I thought it was a typo and should have been Nu.
opalo (User's profile) June 30, 2016, 6:13:28 PM
tommjames (User's profile) July 1, 2016, 6:39:44 PM