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貼文者: lordmayors, 2008年6月16日

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語言: English

lordmayors (顯示個人資料) 2008年6月16日上午1:41:55

Just wondering, how would you say: "The website has been down for 2 days," in Esperanto? I know how to say website, days, 2, and for, but how would you say "has been down"? (Meaning: is down and has been continually for 2 days)

RiotNrrd (顯示個人資料) 2008年6月16日上午4:09:59

"Has been down" is an idiom that isn't guaranteed to make sense in other languages.

I would use "ne funkciis" as a more literal description.

lordmayors (顯示個人資料) 2008年6月16日下午11:57:34

I guess what I mean to say is, how do you say "has been [adjective] for [time]" in Esperanto? And that meaning being [adjective] in the past and is also currently [adjective].

toiletdude (顯示個人資料) 2008年6月17日上午12:29:16

I would translate "the website has been down for 2 days" as:

La pagxaro ne funkciis ekde (INSERT DATE HERE).

That way, you don't have to keep updating it.

awake (顯示個人資料) 2008年6月17日上午4:43:25

lordmayors:I guess what I mean to say is, how do you say "has been [adjective] for [time]" in Esperanto? And that meaning being [adjective] in the past and is also currently [adjective].
Esperanto handles this situation a little bit differently than english. For actions which began in the past, but extend into the present, we use the present tense.

For example,

Li estas malsata jam de du horoj = he has been hungry for two hours

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