Mesaĝoj: 24
Lingvo: English
apriliss (Montri la profilon) 2016-julio-07 04:01:13
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- My sister's boy is gonna come.
- That book is John's diary.
- My mother's disease has gotten worse.
erinja (Montri la profilon) 2016-julio-07 04:44:50
bryku (Montri la profilon) 2016-julio-08 14:23:30
erinja:Sorry, B of A is the only way to do it. There's no equivalent to the 's of English.Actually there is: Aa B
Vestitor (Montri la profilon) 2016-julio-08 14:53:19
bryku:Is there a sample sentence of this? Representative variables are not that helpful.erinja:Sorry, B of A is the only way to do it. There's no equivalent to the 's of English.Actually there is: Aa B
tommjames (Montri la profilon) 2016-julio-08 15:41:58
The OP's phrases should be:
My sister's boy is gonna come → Venos la filo de mia fratino
That book is John's diary → Tiu libro estas la taglibro de John
My mother's disease has gotten worse → La malsano de mia patrino pli malboniĝis
If you say something like "mia patrina malsano" instead of "la malsano de mia patrino" it will be understood that you are sick, with some "motherish" disease.
bryku (Montri la profilon) 2016-julio-08 17:10:47
tommjames:If you say something like "mia patrina malsano" instead of "la malsano de mia patrino" it will be understood that you are sick, with some "motherish" disease.Can you read? It was "Aa B", not "mia Aa B" or something else.
Sister's room = fratina ĉambro
John's ball = Johana pilko
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rann (Montri la profilon) 2016-julio-08 22:16:05
Ex:
La libro de Johano -> La deJohana libro.
La ĉambro de la knabo ~> La deknaba ĉambro
The only thing, as seen with the second example, is that one can't express determinacy for the compound (unless inherent in the possesor), it's only possible via context. I don't recommend doing this method at all, just use the "A de B" method.
RiotNrrd (Montri la profilon) 2016-julio-08 23:20:34
bryku:I can read. And I've certainly read enough books on Esperanto to know that Aa B for possession is a load of nonsense.
Can you read?
It is B de A.
"Fratina ĉambro" does not mean "sister's room", it means "sister-room", which probably makes sense in some metaphorical context surrounding multiple rooms. "Johana pilko" does not mean "John's ball", it means "a ball (somehow) like John" (perhaps it has his face pictured on it). In neither case does it imply ownership or possession.
bryku (Montri la profilon) 2016-julio-09 07:37:19
RiotNrrd:Example from PMEG:bryku:I can read.
Can you read?
Kiam la radiko de A-vorto ne havas ecan signifon, la A-vorto povas montri diversspecajn priskribojn. Ĝenerale la signifo de tia A-vorto multe varias laŭ la kunteksto:
reĝa palaco = “palaco kiu apartenas al reĝo” = king's palace
"fratina ĉambro" does mean sister's room. I can not argue with you in English, because it is not my mother's tongue (patrina lingvo, he he), and you'll always win, not that you are right, but that you use it better than me.
Perhaps you have read many esperanto books. But I strongly recommend to you to read also this one:
"Paŝoj al plena posedo" by William Auld. There you will find many, many great word building examples, which will change your way to perceive the esperanto.
And:
"Aa B" is just an example for one case or two. Not the ultimate method to express the English Saxon Genitive in Esperanto as many here believe. Sometimes it is convenient to have other means of expressing some meaning to avoid many uses of "de ... de... de", which is boring in the long run.
Vestitor (Montri la profilon) 2016-julio-09 09:28:54
Li realigis ke tiu estis la reĝa palaco.
Does that mean:
1. He realised that it was the king's palace?
2. He realised it was the royal palace? (reĝa = 'kingly' = royal).
At first I thought, yes it makes sense because you can say: Tiu estas ŝia libro, but if you extend the sentence as: 'Ĉi tiu estas ŝia frata libro...' does it mean anything other that 'her fraternal book'?
On the other hand I would probably have read Ĉi tiu estas ŝia patra/patrina libro as meaning her father's/mother's book.
I'm confused now..
