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Question about using adverbs with adjectives

irugudrokalkanumoj,2007年6月23日の

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言語: English

irugudrokalkanumoj (プロフィールを表示) 2007年6月23日 20:20:50

For example, if how would one say "I saw Toy Story black eye-ly? Would "black" remain an adjective, become an adverb, attach to "eye", or do something else entirely? Thanks to anyone who knows the answer.

mnlg (プロフィールを表示) 2007年6月23日 21:02:29

"nigrokule" is perfectly acceptable, but in other cases you might just expand the adverb into a full complement, e.g., "per nigraj okuloj", if you mean to say that you saw it with black eyes; or "tra nigraj okuloj", if you want to emphasize that you had to see it through black eyes.

If you mean something like "I saw Toy Story the way I see black eyes", then "mi rigardis Toy Story nigrokulece" might be a good , although not very clear, translation (I would have a hard time understanding what you mean, but grammatically it would be correct), and its expanded form would perhaps be "mi rigardis Toy Story [sam]kiel [mi rigardas] nigrajn okulojn".

In general I would suggest you to be extensive and clear especially at first. The aim should be to understand and be understood. Style will come with fluency, don't worry ridulo.gif

Kwekubo (プロフィールを表示) 2007年6月23日 22:39:21

irugudrokalkanumoj:For example, if how would one say "I saw Toy Story black eye-ly? Would "black" remain an adjective, become an adverb, attach to "eye", or do something else entirely? Thanks to anyone who knows the answer.
I must say I have no idea what that sentence means! Do you mean your eye was bruised when you were watching Toy Story?

irugudrokalkanumoj (プロフィールを表示) 2007年6月23日 23:47:52

mnlg:"nigrokule" is perfectly acceptable, but in other cases you might just expand the adverb into a full complement, e.g., "per nigraj okuloj", if you mean to say that you saw it with black eyes; or "tra nigraj okuloj", if you want to emphasize that you had to see it through black eyes.

If you mean something like "I saw Toy Story the way I see black eyes", then "mi rigardis Toy Story nigrokulece" might be a good , although not very clear, translation (I would have a hard time understanding what you mean, but grammatically it would be correct), and its expanded form would perhaps be "mi rigardis Toy Story [sam]kiel [mi rigardas] nigrajn okulojn".

In general I would suggest you to be extensive and clear especially at first. The aim should be to understand and be understood. Style will come with fluency, don't worry ridulo.gif
thanks! And to answer Kwekubo's post, I didn't mean anything in particular by the sentence. I was curious about the concept and I was too lazy to think about a better example.

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