do verb and the use of estas
од EoMy, 29. јун 2010.
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EoMy (Погледати профил) 29. јун 2010. 03.44.26
I did not anyone have posted the question before, as the lernu has no search facilities yet. If there is, please pardon me.
Just wondering, the 'do' verb does exsit in esperanto language ? Too many verb to remember in english
May I know this sentence is correct:
Mi estas maljuna virino.
No N is added to the object noun and adjective. If it is correct, may I say that all object noun after the estas (be verb) will be remained as the subject form ?
Li estas juna instruisto.
Sxi estas kantistino.
Ili estas viroj.
Gxis
ceigered (Погледати профил) 29. јун 2010. 08.30.39
EoMy:SalutonTop-right corner
I did not anyone have posted the question before, as the lernu has no search facilities yet. If there is, please pardon me.
Just wondering, the 'do' verb does exsit in esperanto language ?Technically. It's complicated though - if you mean "do/make", then there's "fari", if you mean "do/act", then there's "agi", but the usage of "do" in English is completely different to Esperanto - Esperanto uses it's "do" words more like a romance language, where as English uses it's "do" words more like a Celtic language, which are more analytical.
Too many verb to remember in englishThat's the hardest thing about a romance speaker learning a germanic language and a germanic speaker learning a romance language - so many new words to learn!
May I know this sentence is correct:If you wanted to say "I am a young woman", that is correct.
Mi estas maljuna virino.
No N is added to the object noun and adjective. If it is correct, may I say that all object noun after the estas (be verb) will be remained as the subject form ?All correct as well
Li estas juna instruisto.
Sxi estas kantistino.
Ili estas viroj.
Gxis
- Bonege! 
patrik (Погледати профил) 29. јун 2010. 08.49.30
ceigered:Nope, if she did really mean to say "I am a young woman", that's wrong, because of "MALjuna" (old).EoMy:May I know this sentence is correct:If you wanted to say "I am a young woman", that is correct.
Mi estas maljuna virino.
ceigered (Погледати профил) 29. јун 2010. 09.17.02
patrik:ARGH sorryceigered:Nope, if she did really mean to say "I am a young woman", that's wrong, because of "MALjuna" (old).EoMy:May I know this sentence is correct:If you wanted to say "I am a young woman", that is correct.
Mi estas maljuna virino.
, my brain's on vacation. 
Roberto12 (Погледати профил) 29. јун 2010. 09.27.31
ceigered (Погледати профил) 29. јун 2010. 11.24.44
Roberto12:A "direct object" of the verbs ESTI or IĜI is defined as a predicate, and predicates adopt the nominative case in Eo. Because of this, the word order is constrained.For a bit more clarification, a predicate is everything other than the subject (aka the compliment to the subject) in a normal sentence, but because these are copulae (linking verbs). The precise name is "predicate nominal" (predicate noun) or predicate adjective in this context.
Wikipedia's page on it for the linguistically curious
EoMy (Погледати профил) 29. јун 2010. 15.44.54
RiotNrrd (Погледати профил) 29. јун 2010. 16.12.48
ceigered:...but because these are copulae...Watch your mouth, young man. This is a family site!
j/k