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语言: English
darkweasel (显示个人资料) 2011年10月11日下午3:10:44
IvoG:Antau ol is a fixed expression used for "before" followed by a subclause or infinitive.
"Mi nun estas en la lasta jaro antaŭ ol mi povos studi ĉe universitato." -> what's the role of that "ol" there? "ol" means "than", right?
erinja (显示个人资料) 2011年10月11日下午10:01:10
darkweasel:german has "bei mir" as well, so "che mi" is natural for us german speakers too.Some religious Jewish people say "by me" (and also by them, by Miriam, etc) in English. It's a loan from Yiddish, which also has "bay ..." [ביי]
darkweasel (显示个人资料) 2011年10月12日上午5:39:54
erinja:I can imagine that German-speaking beginners of English might say the same thing.darkweasel:german has "bei mir" as well, so "che mi" is natural for us german speakers too.Some religious Jewish people say "by me" (and also by them, by Miriam, etc) in English. It's a loan from Yiddish, which also has "bay ..." [ביי]
IvoG (显示个人资料) 2011年10月12日下午2:25:52
there was an example: "cxiuj lingvoj"...can i also say "cxiu lingvo" - "every language"?
ceigered (显示个人资料) 2011年10月12日下午3:34:13
IvoG:what exactly does "cxiu" mean? i found 2 meanings: "each, every" and "everyone/all" - which one is it? do i use it only with plural nouns or with singular as well?"Each, every" is a better translation, but the meaning's somewhere between. See, "ĉiu/ĉiuj" is normally the counterpart of "ĉio" you use to modify nouns directly, but it's what you use for people too instead of "ĉio" (everything), since it's more specific, and people are a specific concept. As opposed to, well, "everything" (the universe
there was an example: "cxiuj lingvoj"...can i also say "cxiu lingvo" - "every language"?
??).Ĉiuj lingvoj = all languages, places emphasis on the plurality, on all languages as a single, mass entity.
Ĉiu lingvo = each language, emphasis on every single language by itself, while acknowledging that this applies to all the languages.
"mi donis donacon al ĉiu homo" = I gave a present to each person.
"Mi donis donacojn al ĉiuj homoj = I gave presents to all the people (but I could have given 500 to a group of 200,000, and they have to share
) IvoG (显示个人资料) 2011年10月13日下午1:39:52
erinja (显示个人资料) 2011年10月13日下午2:10:25
You could say "Oni pensas pri si" by itself but it is usual to add "mem" in that particular case. You couldn't say "Oni pensas pri mem", that wouldn't make sense.
"Mi mem faris tion" = I did that myself.
"Li mem agnoskis ke ĝi malfruis" = He himself acknowledged that it was late.
