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How popular is E-o (trans q, checking)

od Miland, 8. apríla 2008

Príspevky: 4

Jazyk: English

Miland (Zobraziť profil) 8. apríla 2008 14:08:01

Suppose you meet a group of Japanese visitors in Europe (this is an imaginary situation), and you want to ask them 'How popular is E-o in your country?' 'How' here means 'to what degree'. Should this be Kiel populara estas E-o en via lando?

mnlg (Zobraziť profil) 8. apríla 2008 14:23:44

Yes. Also "Kiom" would be acceptable. I would even dare a "Kiugrade", but perhaps it's unnecessarily complicated.

Miland (Zobraziť profil) 8. apríla 2008 15:06:25

mnlg:Yes. Also "Kiom" would be acceptable.
Thanks, I wondered about kiom since it can mean 'how much', but section 13.3.3 of PMEG appears to suggest that this refers to physical entities, whereas "Tre ofte kiel esprimas nur gradon, tute ne manieron" (14.3.2; also 24.5).

billpatt1942 (Zobraziť profil) 15. apríla 2008 0:27:35

Miland:Suppose you meet a group of Japanese visitors in Europe (this is an imaginary situation), and you want to ask them 'How popular is E-o in your country?' 'How' here means 'to what degree'. Should this be Kiel populara estas E-o en via lando?
My Suggestion:

Ĉu esperanto estas tre populara en Japanio, aŭ ne?

Why translate from english into Esperanto? Thinking in Esperanto, I thought "is it very popular or not" will get the conversation rolling. They might answer, "Ĝi estas populara kun junuloj en urboj, sed maljunuloj preferas la francan." (It is popular with youth in the cities, but old folks prefer french.)

I would think that "how" may mean "how come" (American), so it should be translated "kial", or "Je kia maniero ..."

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