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IvoG, 2011 m. liepa 6 d.

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darkweasel (Rodyti profilį) 2011 m. liepa 26 d. 09:33:17

IvoG:in the following sentence:

"Alklaku la punkton kie vi pensas, ke estas Kairo" - can i omit the "ke"?
no.

IvoG (Rodyti profilį) 2011 m. liepa 26 d. 12:32:29

btw i was wondering how was "Usono" derived? all other country names seem to be (more or less) similar to their orginal forms and easy to recognise even if you don't speak Esperanto - however, "Usono" looks rather strange...

darkweasel (Rodyti profilį) 2011 m. liepa 26 d. 12:51:31

IvoG:btw i was wondering how was "Usono" derived? all other country names seem to be (more or less) similar to their orginal forms and easy to recognise even if you don't speak Esperanto - however, "Usono" looks rather strange...
Usonia

3rdblade (Rodyti profilį) 2011 m. liepa 26 d. 12:52:45

IvoG:btw i was wondering how was "Usono" derived? all other country names seem to be (more or less) similar to their orginal forms and easy to recognise even if you don't speak Esperanto - however, "Usono" looks rather strange...
The initial letters of United States of North-America, esperantised (U-So-No), according to 'Teach Yourself Esperanto', 'apparently' they add. (aren't they sure?)

henma (Rodyti profilį) 2011 m. liepa 26 d. 15:04:55

IvoG:btw i was wondering how was "Usono" derived? all other country names seem to be (more or less) similar to their orginal forms and easy to recognise even if you don't speak Esperanto - however, "Usono" looks rather strange...
Once I read that somebody had proposed 'Usona' as a name for the country (United States Of North America). Somebody esperantized it as Usono.

By the way, it's curious, but the US doesn't have something as it's own name, does it?

'United States of America' can refer not only to that country, but to any other federal country in the continent (Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, for instance).

At least, in Esperanto it has its own name.

Amike,

Daniel.

darkweasel (Rodyti profilį) 2011 m. liepa 26 d. 15:12:21

henma:
IvoG:btw i was wondering how was "Usono" derived? all other country names seem to be (more or less) similar to their orginal forms and easy to recognise even if you don't speak Esperanto - however, "Usono" looks rather strange...
Once I read that somebody had proposed 'Usona' as a name for the country (United States Of North America). Somebody esperantized it as Usono.
see my link given above ridulo.gif

Miland (Rodyti profilį) 2011 m. liepa 26 d. 16:59:54

IvoG:btw i was wondering how was "Usono" derived?
The full form is Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de (Nord-)Ameriko. "U-S-N" said in Esperanto would be said "U-So-No." Strictly perhaps it should U-Ŝo-No, but maybe it was coined in Prohibition days lango.gif - no, I'm kidding.

acdibble (Rodyti profilį) 2011 m. liepa 26 d. 22:18:29

ceigered (Rodyti profilį) 2011 m. liepa 27 d. 06:22:59

acdibble:http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Usono
Just think.. What we call the USA could have been Usona/Usonia! ridulo.gif

That would be an interesting name!

I wonder if "Uson-" is similar enough to any existing roots in any European or American languages?

IvoG (Rodyti profilį) 2011 m. liepa 27 d. 14:19:11

when you have to say where are you from - what's the correct preposition to use? "de" or "el"? or maybe they are both correct?

"mi estas de/el Bulgario"?

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