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ceigered (Tunjukkan profil) 22 Februari 2010 09.18.54
Transitivity should be able to help decipher some things - "fiŝkapti" used intransitively probably insinuates that "fiŝ-" is the implied object. "hundmanĝi sian manĝon" would probably insinuate "to eat your food like a dog" where as "hundmanĝi" alone would insinuate eating dog.
"La hundmanĝado de via manĝo estas abomena" would insinuate that the person being spoken to is eating their food like some rabid dog, where as "Via hundmanĝado estas abomena" would insinuate that the person is offended by someone eating dogs.
I'm sorry, pooch lovers, I really, really do love dog...s...
, and would never eat them myself, it's just convenient to write for these examples 
gyrus (Tunjukkan profil) 22 Februari 2010 15.34.18
ceigered (Tunjukkan profil) 22 Februari 2010 16.47.10
gyrus:It's still a fairly artificial way of saying things. I'd go with something like "Via manĝmaniero estas hund(aĉ)a"."Your eating-manner is CLUNK BZZT canine-like" *steam escapes through vents on head*
Halcyon (Tunjukkan profil) 22 Februari 2010 18.54.21
I hope in practice, you never need to clarify that you mean "eat like a dog" as opposed to "eat a dog"...
I would probably avoid that whole construction altogether 
Roberto12 (Tunjukkan profil) 23 Februari 2010 10.46.57
Halcyon:I think it's hilarious that my humble, apparently mis-named, question has sparked such a vigorous debate!
I hope in practice, you never need to clarify that you mean "eat like a dog" as opposed to "eat a dog"...
(The assassin example is better than the dog one.)
ceigered (Tunjukkan profil) 23 Februari 2010 15.30.43
Roberto12:(The assassin example is better than the dog one.)Or....
La hundmanĝreĝmortigisto! Now try and figure out who's doing what
@Halycon: Hey, that's what we're here for (or at least me) - to debate seemingly obscure topics as if they're international politics or moral issues
darkweasel (Tunjukkan profil) 23 Februari 2010 16.49.23
ceigered:hundmanĝreĝmortigistoI would understand this as "killer of a/the dog-eating king".
Roberto12 (Tunjukkan profil) 25 Februari 2010 10.14.20
darkweasel:Me too.ceigered:hundmanĝreĝmortigistoI would understand this as "killer of a/the dog-eating king".