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Help me say this in Esperanto, please

af Polaris, 21. jul. 2011

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Polaris (Vise profilen) 21. jul. 2011 04.12.55

I'm trying to figure out the grammar for this---please help:

"They don't have anything but a dictatorship".
or "They don't have anything other than a dictatorship"

Everything I come up with seems awkward.

Thanks.

mnlg (Vise profilen) 21. jul. 2011 04.58.26

I'd use "Ili havas nenion krom diktaturo" and "Ili havas nenion alian krom diktaturo" respectively.

cellus (Vise profilen) 21. jul. 2011 05.18.11

Polaris:I'm trying to figure out the grammar for this---please help:

"They don't have anything but a dictatorship".
or "They don't have anything other than a dictatorship"

Everything I come up with seems awkward.

Thanks.
La unuan mi tradukas:
Ili havas nenion ol diktaturon.

La duan:
Ili havas nenion alian ol diktaturon.

Kjell R

Miland (Vise profilen) 21. jul. 2011 09.57.53

Another suggestion (the others are fine by me):
Ili havas nur diktaturon.

sudanglo (Vise profilen) 21. jul. 2011 10.55.17

According to NPIV 'nenion krom' and 'nenion alian krom' are Zamenhofian usage.

The have might be more eloquently rendered with 'koni'.

I like the simpler 'ili havas (konas) nur diktaturon'.

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