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do verb and the use of estas

av EoMy, 29 juni 2010

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Språk: English

EoMy (Visa profilen) 29 juni 2010 03:44:26

Saluton

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 ridulo.gif

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 (Visa profilen) 29 juni 2010 08:30:39

EoMy:Saluton

I did not anyone have posted the question before, as the lernu has no search facilities yet. If there is, please pardon me.
Top-right corner okulumo.gif
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 english ridulo.gif
That'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! rideto.gif
May I know this sentence is correct:

Mi estas maljuna virino.
If you wanted to say "I am a young woman", that is correct.
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
All correct as well ridulo.gif - Bonege!

patrik (Visa profilen) 29 juni 2010 08:49:30

ceigered:
EoMy:May I know this sentence is correct:

Mi estas maljuna virino.
If you wanted to say "I am a young woman", that is correct.
Nope, if she did really mean to say "I am a young woman", that's wrong, because of "MALjuna" (old). okulumo.gif

ceigered (Visa profilen) 29 juni 2010 09:17:02

patrik:
ceigered:
EoMy:May I know this sentence is correct:

Mi estas maljuna virino.
If you wanted to say "I am a young woman", that is correct.
Nope, if she did really mean to say "I am a young woman", that's wrong, because of "MALjuna" (old). okulumo.gif
ARGH sorry rido.gif, my brain's on vacation.

Roberto12 (Visa profilen) 29 juni 2010 09:27:31

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.

ceigered (Visa profilen) 29 juni 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 (Visa profilen) 29 juni 2010 15:44:54

Koran dankon por helpi mi.

RiotNrrd (Visa profilen) 29 juni 2010 16:12:48

ceigered:...but because these are copulae...
Watch your mouth, young man. This is a family site!

j/k

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