Dave McGuire wrote:
The n suffix means it's an objective noun (vs a subjective) You're right the j makes it plural. So a plural object would end with a jn. Really it would end with an ojn because all nouns ( I think) end in o. It's a very regular language.On Apr 23, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Larry Doolittle wrote:Lots of people speak Esperanto.It's all relative. Compared to, say, Spanish?I'm one of them. Multaj homoj parolas Esperanton. Mi estas unu el ili.Very cool. Translation?Come on, Dave. Pattern match. Multaj - multiple(many) homoj - homo(man) (and at this point you figure a j suffix might mean plural) parolas - like French parlez (talk) Esparanton - not sure about the n suffix
Mi - My, Me estas - like latin est, spanish es: to be unu - latin unu, game/spanish uno, one el - spanish ili - wouldn't have guessed in isolation, but clearly "them" - Larry [who has never spoken a word of Esperanto in his life]Yeah ok, I see it, I was being lazy. ;) It really is a simple language!-Dave
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