Mensagens: 19
Idioma: English
KSG (Mostrar o perfil) 22 de junho de 2011 23:04:49
-sex (As in male or female, the physical equivalent of gender. I can find words that might be this but there's potential for embarrassing mistakes here. Also can "genro" really mean both genus and gender? How does that work?)
-glitter (The stuff, not the verb or the quality.)
-to fall back on (If plan A fails, but you still have a less good plan B that you've used before.)
-leftovers
-a light (Generic term for any light source. Not light itself. Not specifically a lamp, a torch, a flashlight, a ceiling light, a magic wand, or anything in space.)
-shots (Measure for liquor and espresso.)
-dictate (Write a document out loud, not be president for life.)
-videogames
-gamer
-dev (Developer, of videogames.)
-moderator (For forums.)
-mod(ification) (The thing you make for games.)
-module/function (Programming. I found "modulo", but I can't tell if that's "module" in American, or the British word that has something to do with school.)
-icing (Goes on cake. Is neither shiny nor made of ice.)
-spooky/eerie (Is there a word that isn't describing a physical reaction, and isn't outright saying "this place/thing has caused me to be afraid"?)
-time travel, time machine (If I shove the words together, will they make sense in Esperanto?)
-coriander, cilantro (The seeds and the leaves of the plant called "koriandro" in Esperanto. How do I refer to each specifically, since "koriandro" alone could mean either?)
Thanks.
Miland (Mostrar o perfil) 22 de junho de 2011 23:52:14
KSG:The following words that I want to learn are either not in my dictionary .. or listed but I can't tell which English definition goes to which Esperanto word..I suggest that at some point you acquire a copy of Wells' dictionary, circumstances permitting. Meanwhile, here are my suggestions (in italics):
-sex (gender): genro.
Also can "genro" really mean both genus and gender? Yes. How does that work? For biological gender, "sekso" should work fine.
-glitter (The stuff, not the verb or the quality): Perhaps "ŝanĝbrilantaj paperpecetoj"
-to fall back on: sin turni al
-leftovers restaĵoj
-a light (Generic term for any light source):lumfonto
-shots: glasetoj (da), mezuroj
-dictate: dikti
-videogames: videoludoj
-gamer: videoludanto
-dev (Developer, of videogames):"kreinto" or "programisto", depending on the role that you wish to emphasize
-moderator (For forums):gvidanto, prezidanto
-mod(ification) (The thing you make for games): "programo", if you're talking about software, "ŝanĝo" for change, and "versio" for version
-module/function: modulo, funkcio
-icing: glazuraĵo
-spooky/eerie: timiga or tremiga
-time travel: (tempovojaĝado; time machine: tempomaŝino
If I shove the words together, will they make sense in Esperanto?)Yes
-coriander, cilantro (The seeds and the leaves of the plant called "koriandro" in Esperanto. How do I refer to each specifically, since "koriandro" alone could mean either?)Use "semoj" for seeds and "folioj" for the leaves.
RiotNrrd (Mostrar o perfil) 23 de junho de 2011 01:52:23
Allan38 (Mostrar o perfil) 23 de junho de 2011 02:52:27
male [=virseksulo](man+sex+person+noun) masklo
male [=virseksula](man+sex+person+adjective) maskla
gender female = femalo, or femala
gender male = masklo, or maskla
Caution, brain dump.
viro = man
virino = woman
boy, lad = knabo
girl, lass = knabino
child, infant = infano
female infant = infanino
The gender of most roots seem to be masculine by default when a gender is not indicated by the word. Esperanto uses the "in" affix to indicate female or the "ge" affix to indicate both genders. patro = father, patrino = mother, gepatro = parent of both genders, gepartroj = parents.
Any other suggestions for the gender question?
ceigered (Mostrar o perfil) 23 de junho de 2011 05:15:00
Another thing worth mentioning is that genus is Latin, and while many in many language communities think it's best to have every word assimilated into their language, biological classifications are largely in Latin and are probably best off that way. I believe for that reason you might as well nit bother looking for an Esperanto word for "genus", just keep using the Latin, with a possible complimentary "o" at the end in Eo texts for keeping it distinct from possible root combination "gen-us".
(Latin in use for biological classification is more internationally accepted than EOicising it all anyway)
ceigered (Mostrar o perfil) 23 de junho de 2011 05:22:11
I'd still stick to Latin though in biological classification, but each language has it's strange ways of selectively taking some Latin words and replacing others ("family" for example, compare with "genus, species", while astirian (right name?) has "xeneru" and some other word for species)
erinja (Mostrar o perfil) 23 de junho de 2011 08:04:40
Esperanto words are gender-neutral by default, except for some family words like father, brother, etc. Those are default masculine. But words like doctor, teacher, person, friend, etc are considered gender neutral. Some Esperantists behave as if they were default masculine, but to make a long story short, that isn't grammatically correct, and the Esperantists who do that aren't even consistent with it. That is to say, they only speak *partially* in a way indicating that those words are masculine; in other ways they tend to treat the words as neutral, especially in the plural.
This reflects influence from their national languages and not Esperanto grammar.
sudanglo (Mostrar o perfil) 23 de junho de 2011 10:31:03
If you were filling in a form which asked for your sex then 'ina' or 'vira' would be more appropriate, and the English joke 'yes please' doesn't work in Esperanto.
Feminism, by the way is 'feminismo'. I am not sure what we say for 'feminine' in the 'koketa' meaning.
Shots (alkoholo) could be mezuroj or dozoj. If you want to be less literal, perhaps you could use 'frapo', having in mind the usage of 'hit' in English and 'coup' in French.
'Dikti' according to NPIV has both the meaning of speaking out loud for transcription and the meaning or forcing something to be done.
'Diktafono' means what you would think, and 'diktaĵo' is the schoolboy exercise.
A Moderator, eg of a forum, is 'moderiganto' quite literally, since their job is to prevent excesses.
For 'spooky' and 'eerie' in a non-frightening sence, no single word leaps to mind, but you could express various nuances with 'preternormala', 'eksternormala', 'fantomeca', 'hanteca', 'mistera', 'bizara', 'strangefekta', 'malkomfortiga', 'malkvietiga', maltranviliga'.
However, I think the English words often carry a nuance of 'timetiga'
darkweasel (Mostrar o perfil) 23 de junho de 2011 10:33:38
In the "plans for the future of lernu!" thread, lernu! team member Jev used forumprizorganto for this meaning, but this is somewhat long and not quite as clear as moderatoro.
sudanglo (Mostrar o perfil) 23 de junho de 2011 10:55:46
I'm not sufficiently expert in culinary matters to know whether there is a distinction between glazurita kuko (glacé) and icing. Icing for me is something soft and glazing is to cover with a hard sugary layer.
I don't think you can use 'glazuro sur the kuko' in sense of English's 'icing on the cake', to mean a bonus. I think I have seen 'ĉerizo sur la kuko' in that sense.