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Help me say this in Esperanto, please

by Polaris, July 21, 2011

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Polaris (User's profile) July 21, 2011, 4:12:55 AM

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 (User's profile) July 21, 2011, 4:58:26 AM

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

cellus (User's profile) July 21, 2011, 5:18:11 AM

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 (User's profile) July 21, 2011, 9:57:53 AM

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

sudanglo (User's profile) July 21, 2011, 10:55:17 AM

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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