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woollyprimate (Mostrar o perfil) 25 de março de 2018 13:05:00
I have been trying to use Esperanto as much as possible, like writing my shopping lists, texting my friend, etc. I try to state things simply with the words I know and then google what I don't or try to look it up in my esp/eng dictionary. I wanted to say, "I slept well considering that I was in a hotel. I know all the words except how Esperanto would handle the "considering that" part. Google translate gives me "konsiderante ke," but when I looked up "konsiderante" in my esp/eng dictionary, it didn't exist, and vortaro.net doesn't have it, either. So, is "konsiderante" a word in Esperanto, and if not, how do I say that sentence?
Dankon multe
sergejm (Mostrar o perfil) 25 de março de 2018 17:31:44
The same is in English. You can find in dictoinaries the verb 'consider', but not the participle 'considering' - it is formed regularly from verb. You can find particples of irregular verbs only. Esperanto don't have irregular verbs.
sudanglo (Mostrar o perfil) 26 de março de 2018 12:31:53
Strictly the adverbial participle should relate to the subject. The second form is more appropriate when commenting on the circumstances.
However I suspect this distinction is not always observed in practice.
Mi bone dormis, konsidere ke mi tranoktis en hotelo.
But mi pasigis la nokton konsiderante la problemon
woollyprimate (Mostrar o perfil) 26 de março de 2018 14:42:43
sudanglo (Mostrar o perfil) 27 de março de 2018 16:54:41
If you look up kvankam at Vortaro.net, here, you will see RIM. 3) that it helpfully suggests as more contrasting alternatives Malgraŭ ke and Spite ke.