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Translation of "to dwell"

od Jorn644, 5 sierpnia 2011

Wpisy: 8

Język: English

Jorn644 (Pokaż profil) 5 sierpnia 2011, 11:24:35

The esperanto dictionary says:

to dwell = loĝi

www.dictionary.com explains "to dwell" as:

"to live or continue in a given condition or state: to dwell in happiness."

What would be the best esperanto translation?

sudanglo (Pokaż profil) 5 sierpnia 2011, 11:51:23

What about 'rezidi'?

ceigered (Pokaż profil) 5 sierpnia 2011, 12:05:02

Jorn644:The esperanto dictionary says:

to dwell = loĝi

www.dictionary.com explains "to dwell" as:

"to live or continue in a given condition or state: to dwell in happiness."

What would be the best esperanto translation?
Depends, since "dwell" has a bit more meaning than that. The rawest form of "dwell" is basically Esperanto "loĝi", but if you meant "to dwell on that moment", then "loĝi" (to live in/on/at a place) wouldn't work at all.

mnlg (Pokaż profil) 5 sierpnia 2011, 12:23:32

The few times I found the English word "dweller", I thought its meaning was actually closer to the Esperanto word '-emulo'. Night-dweller, cave-dweller, etc. How else would you, native speakers, translate that?

Edit: after having thought about it a bit more, I understand that -emulo is not proper. I would then drop the 'dweller' and just say "kaverna", "nokta", etc.

Jorn644 (Pokaż profil) 5 sierpnia 2011, 12:58:43

Dankon por la respondoj.
Mi pensas ke "rezidi" ja taŭgas.

>>>>> Wait, this is the english section.. I should write in English rideto.gif

Thanks for the replies.
I think "rezidi" might be a good translation.

Miland (Pokaż profil) 5 sierpnia 2011, 15:43:33

You need context for translating a word like this, which reveals in what sense you wish to use it. Different verbs could be suitable for being at an address (rezidi), living or staying somewhere (loĝi), or remaining in a certain state, which need not be a physical place (resti).

qwertz (Pokaż profil) 5 sierpnia 2011, 19:07:43

ReVo says for loĝi: Daŭre restadi en loko, kie oni kutime vivadas.

Stay at the location, where someones normaly lives(?).

EldanarLambetur (Pokaż profil) 5 sierpnia 2011, 21:37:29

Isn't dwell another word for 'live'? And when you dwell on something, the word is being used as a metaphor, comparing your dwelling on a topic to living all-encompassed with that topic.

Can't loĝi be used metaphorically? But I'm sure other words like resti are more appropriate in general..

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