Ujumbe: 47
Lugha: English
Miland (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 20 Mei 2011 6:37:13 alasiri
geo63:"daj se w żyłę"Please provide an English translation.
henma (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 20 Mei 2011 8:26:18 alasiri
Miland:Somehow, I am not completely sure we want to know what geo saidgeo63:"daj se w żyłę"Please provide an English translation.

By the way, maybe, to avoid confusion, the really close friends that jkph00 referes to can be "koraj amikoj" instead of koramikoj...
Amike

Daniel.
Leke (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 20 Mei 2011 9:48:45 alasiri
ceigered (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 21 Mei 2011 3:14:46 asubuhi
henma:True, true. That could certainly work.Miland:Somehow, I am not completely sure we want to know what geo saidgeo63:"daj se w żyłę"Please provide an English translation.
By the way, maybe, to avoid confusion, the really close friends that jkph00 referes to can be "koraj amikoj" instead of koramikoj...
Amike
Daniel.
As for Geo's polski comment, I can't really translate it but I don't think it's actually bad (I can only define 3 of the words using G-translate and wiktionary

I would however be interested in the literal translation because it sounds cool

(Daj se v ĵiŭe?)
ceigered (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 21 Mei 2011 3:22:18 asubuhi
Leke:I noticed how acquaintance, konato is close to contact, kontakto.The irony is that they've got different etymologies

koni = a cross of "können" and "cognoscere" (con+gnoscere) (to know)
kontakto = contactus from contingere (con+tangere). (come in contact with)
It's like convergent evolution

geo63 (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 21 Mei 2011 5:47:25 asubuhi
ceigered:As for Geo's polski comment, I can't really translate it but I don't think it's actually bad (I can only define 3 of the words using G-translate and wiktionarySorry for this comment, but it was not really offensive (or intended as such). It just means:). It's just a Polish translation of the English idiom before it I believe that wouldn't make sense to us if it were literally translated.
I would however be interested in the literal translation because it sounds cool
(Daj se v ĵiŭe?)
If you too excited, then cool down by taking a drug strait into your vein.
Daj = give
se = to yourself
w = into
żyłę = vein
That is all.
geo63 (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 21 Mei 2011 5:58:38 asubuhi

Any ideas?
ceigered (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 21 Mei 2011 7:02:54 asubuhi
I think ordering from contact to close friend is sort of troublesome. Human relationships are too complex maybe?
That said, I think you can sort of order things by how close they are to certain categories, e.g. konato, amiko, kora/kara amiko (koramiko would probably be left out or in kora amiko, because relationships of that nature are sort of different to friendships in many cases).
darkweasel (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 21 Mei 2011 7:08:14 asubuhi
ceigered:I can't imagine that Zamenhof actually thought of können (= to be able to) when he chose koni. Koni comes from French connaître, IMO.
koni = a cross of "können" and "cognoscere" (con+gnoscere) (to know)
ceigered (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 21 Mei 2011 10:57:48 asubuhi
But connaitre and similar cognosco derivations are definitely an influencing factor, whether he got inspiratipn from any germanic words, well, it wouldnt be surprising laux mi.