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Demandi vs Peti

ya byronarnold, 18 Agosti 2008

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byronarnold (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 18 Agosti 2008 7:53:35 alasiri

What is the difference between these two verbs? How can I tell when one is appropriate over the other? Any help woud be much appreciated.

Dankon!

Matthieu (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 18 Agosti 2008 8:09:40 alasiri

If I understood correclty:
[LISTO]
demandi: to ask a question;
peti: to ask to obtain something.[/list]It's like preguntar and pedir in Spanish.

byronarnold (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 18 Agosti 2008 8:17:34 alasiri

Mutusen:If I understood correclty:
[LISTO]
demandi: to ask a question;
peti: to ask to obtain something.[/list]
Okay, I understand.

Mutusen:It's like preguntar and pedir in Spanish.
Yeah... I don't know much Spanish, so that analogy didn't help. But thanks for the effort. ridego.gif

catcourps (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 20 Agosti 2008 2:44:37 alasiri

Mutusen:If I understood correclty:
[LISTO]
demandi: to ask a question;
peti: to ask to obtain something.[/list]It's like preguntar and pedir in Spanish.
I speak spanish and have NEVER made that connection. I feel so stupid! That helps a lot. Thanks!

werechick (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 31 Agosti 2008 4:03:31 asubuhi

The difference between demandi and peti esperante was the only reason why I understood that German, likewise, has seperate words.

EL_NEBULOSO (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 31 Agosti 2008 9:20:32 asubuhi

Yes,

"fragen" and "bitten/erbitten" are two completely different things, hence it sounds strange to us when e.g. in French they use the same word (demander) for these separate things.

On the other hand, there are several other words to express the strength of asking for something in all the languages I am familiar with.

Fortunately, there are also these two different words for the basic fragen/bitten in Esperanto...

Gerald

Timtim (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 3 Septemba 2008 1:33:41 alasiri

Mutusen:[LISTO]peti: to ask to obtain something.[/list]
Think of those times in English when you could use request or even petition to replace ask. These are occasions when peti is appropriate in eo.

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