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alexbeard (顯示個人資料) 2009年1月2日下午9:17:39
edit:also are there indefinite articles in esperanto?
alexbeard (顯示個人資料) 2009年1月2日下午10:03:52
For example, the word "english" omits "the"
And the use of the definite article is different in every language, I doubt the creater of esperanto would have based it completely on english.
Rodrigoo (顯示個人資料) 2009年1月2日下午10:06:27
alexbeard (顯示個人資料) 2009年1月2日下午10:12:03
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Oŝo-Jabe (顯示個人資料) 2009年1月2日下午10:54:41
alexbeard:Thank youDoes this help? http://donh.best.vwh.net/Esperanto/rules.html#ar...but I don't speak esperanto very well. Can anyone give me a link so something that is in english?
alexbeard (顯示個人資料) 2009年1月3日上午12:58:57
danielcg (顯示個人資料) 2009年1月3日上午2:03:27
For example:
Mi vidis viron = I saw a man (no matter who).
Mi vidis la viron = I saw the man (that one we are speaking about)
I think you could omit the article before "angla" (English):
"En Esperanto ne ekzistas nedifinita artikolo, male kiel en angla" seems correct to me. ("There is no indefinite article in Esperanto, unlike in English.")
However, with regard to languages we generally use the definite article because "la angla" is really an abbreviation of "la angla lingvo" (not any language, but "the" English language).
And why do we say Esperanto with no article and generally capitalized? Because originally it is not the name of a language, but his creator's alias (Doktoro Esperanto = La doktoro kiu esperas = The doctor who hopes).
Regards,
Daniel
alexbeard:Thing is english omits omits "the" alot
For example, the word "english" omits "the"
And the use of the definite article is different in every language, I doubt the creater of esperanto would have based it completely on english.
erinja (顯示個人資料) 2009年1月3日上午2:42:16
So if I were to say "Tio ne estas kiel en angla", I would understand this to mean "That's not like in an English..." and I'd be waiting to hear, "An English what?"
ceigered (顯示個人資料) 2009年1月3日上午5:28:00
erinja:The "la" in "la angla" is not optional. If you were simply to call it "angla", it sounds weird, because the listener is still waiting for the noun that is being described as "English". By adding "la", we are telling the listener that we are talking about the language.On that note, what is the actual noun for the English language, or does it have to be an adjective-noun construction like 'Angla lingvo'? If there was a precise noun for the word 'English (language)', then you'd be able to write it without a definite article, right?
So if I were to say "Tio ne estas kiel en angla", I would understand this to mean "That's not like in an English..." and I'd be waiting to hear, "An English what?"
(Sorry If my typing is bad I am typing this while kneeling because I have too much stuff on my chair to sit on it :S)
danielcg (顯示個人資料) 2009年1月3日上午5:37:08
I always say "la angla", but I thought the article was not mandatory. It seems that I was wrong.
Regards,
Daniel
erinja:The "la" in "la angla" is not optional. If you were simply to call it "angla", it sounds weird, because the listener is still waiting for the noun that is being described as "English". By adding "la", we are telling the listener that we are talking about the language.
So if I were to say "Tio ne estas kiel en angla", I would understand this to mean "That's not like in an English..." and I'd be waiting to hear, "An English what?"