School-related translations
od Fraqtive42, 18 lutego 2011
Wpisy: 17
Język: English
darkweasel (Pokaż profil) 20 lutego 2011, 09:03:15
matrix:... and you can merge estas finenda to finendas just as with any other esti+adjective construction. Nothing wrong with Miland's sentence.
Miland:Mia(j) hejmtasko(j) finendas ĉi-tage.“-end” is used to compose participles, so it must be used in passive voice.
It could be:
[LISTO]
in passive voice “Mia hejmtaskaro estas finenda antaŭ morgaŭ.”
in active voice “Hejmtaskaron mi devas fini antaŭ morgaŭ.”[/list]
matrix (Pokaż profil) 20 lutego 2011, 09:46:18
darkweasel:... and you can merge estas finenda to finendas just as with any other esti+adjective construction. Nothing wrong with Miland's sentence.It is correct, but to be avoided except in very specific cases. This is used in arts and literature to produce certain effects: it is not intended for everyday life.
Miland (Pokaż profil) 20 lutego 2011, 11:46:23
matrix: This is used in arts and literature to produce certain effects: it is not intended for everyday life.This is a matter of opinion and may vary from case to case. The flexibiity of Esperanto need not be too constrained among experienced speakers, provided the message gets across.
erinja (Pokaż profil) 20 lutego 2011, 13:00:00
Miland (Pokaż profil) 20 lutego 2011, 16:19:00
erinja:And Fraqtive is an experienced speaker, therefore we should encourage him to speak in the weirdest possible way that is still technically correct, just to prove a point?I don't agree that it is weird. It is instructive and good for people to learn of the flexibility of Esperanto to express things in different ways, even if they don't use all of them.
etala (Pokaż profil) 20 lutego 2011, 16:24:25
Chainy (Pokaż profil) 20 lutego 2011, 16:59:18
etala:How would one say "grades", as in " A+, A, A-, B+..."?grade = noto. According to ReVo:
Noto = Oficiale uzata signo por indiki takson de scioj aŭ konduto de lernanto: ĉiuj, kiuj havis la noton „tre bone“ aŭ „bonege“, ricevis lokon; ricevi bonan noton pri matematiko.