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Polaris (顯示個人資料) 2010年6月18日下午4:31:26
I want to be able to use the expression "to hit back" (as in, a little girl hits her brother, so her brother turns around and hits her in return). I can't think of an equivalent expression. The Lernu vortaro suggests "rebati", but wouldn't that mean "to hit again"? Any ideas? Thanks!
Roberto12 (顯示個人資料) 2010年6月18日下午4:46:48
I was actually wondering this exact same thing a few months ago. I used "rebati" because that's what ReVo instructed (and vee must obey how zee people use Esperanto, even ven it seems vrong) but if something better pops up in this thread, I'll switch to that.
ceigered (顯示個人資料) 2010年6月18日下午4:48:31
Polaris:"rebati", but wouldn't that mean "to hit again"? Any ideas? Thanks!Well, there's definitely hitting, and it's definitely happening again regardless of who the hitter and hittee are this time, so it makes sense in a sort of psychedelic way
For a much longer creative translation, maybe "bati por egaleco" might work - "to hit for the sake of equality!".
Maybe Zamenhoff was thinking that Esperanto would be spoken in a utopian world were an eye for an eye didn't exist, and thus decided to do a newspeak-style omission of the "redundant" phrase for "to hit back", and left us with these very ambiguities!
