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311005901 (Näytä profiilli) 2. toukokuuta 2008 2.54.18
"Faru via aĵo"?
I am pretty new to Esperanto, so I have no idea.
Dreamlight (Näytä profiilli) 2. toukokuuta 2008 4.17.18
erinja (Näytä profiilli) 2. toukokuuta 2008 12.02.31
The word "thing" can be translated either as "afero" or "aĵo". The "afero" translation is more common. In my opinion, that's because "afero" has a more general meaning than "aĵo". In my opinion, "aĵo" refers to "thing" in the sense of a physical object. Remember that part of the root meaning of -aĵ- has to do with something concrete. A "belaĵo" is a thing that is beautiful. It is not an abstract idea of beauty, but an actual beautiful item.
"Afero" is "thing" not only in the sense of a physical object, but also in the sense of an action, an idea, a topic, etc. In a sentence like "do your thing", it is unlikely that the "thing" the person is doing is an actual object. More likely, we are saying "thing" to refer to the person's action rather than to a physical item.
mnlg (Näytä profiilli) 2. toukokuuta 2008 13.22.46
311005901:How do you say "do your thing"?"zorgu via[j]n afero[j]n".
311005901 (Näytä profiilli) 4. toukokuuta 2008 3.18.39
I knew I was missing something.
The -n- will always be my downfall.
Thanks guys!
I finally understand the -aĵ- thing!
awake (Näytä profiilli) 6. toukokuuta 2008 12.08.04
311005901:Dah!Don't worry, it gets better. I used to drop the -n all the time, and now I rarely drop it. One thing that helped me a lot was simply to not worry about it when I wrote something in Esperanto, (If I used it correctly great, if not, no worries). Instead of trying to think "does this need an -n here?", Id work on writing as quickly and fluently as I can. Then, before hitting the send button I'd treat my text like an exercise from a book. "Where do the -n's go?" I'd read each sentence in isolation and examine it to try to find mistakes.
I knew I was missing something.
The -n- will always be my downfall.
Another thing I did was to do the same thing to other people's posts. Read it once as quickly as possible for content, then go back and ask, "did they drop any -n's anywhere?" "Is there anywhere it was put that it shouldn't have been?" etc...
After 2 or 3 months of that, I found that I just started using the accusative properly (most of the time *grin*) without having to think about it.
RiotNrrd (Näytä profiilli) 6. toukokuuta 2008 15.12.48
awake:Instead of trying to think "does this need an -n here?", I'd work on writing as quickly and fluently as I can. Then, before hitting the send button I'd treat my text like an exercise from a book.That's exactly the same thing I did. It works.
Not immediately, of course. But it doesn't take long.