* Re: [Offtopic] Ekskonk
@ 2004-10-01 22:43 Feneric Brown
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From: Feneric Brown @ 2004-10-01 22:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: xconq7
> Hmmm... I don't suppose Esperanto verbs have voice or mood, do
> they?
It has built in indicative, imperative / volative, and conditional
moods via suffixes. Subjunctive mood has to be expressed through other
words. Verbs can also be made passive via a particular suffix.
I was thinking more though of participles and (English-style) gerunds
when I made the earlier list... I suppose I should add -u -us and
-igh.
P.S. to Jim, please feel free to correct me if you see any mistakes.
I'm hardly an expert.
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* [Offtopic] EsperantoConq
@ 2004-10-01 5:42 Feneric Brown
2004-10-01 18:17 ` [Offtopic] Ekskonk Eric McDonald
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From: Feneric Brown @ 2004-10-01 5:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: xconq7
I suppose you could also say "Eksconq" -- proper Esperanto doesn't have
an "X" character.
> Agh, you ruined it for me! I had already guessed part of the list.
> But, not to sound ungrateful, I'll say thanks.
Don't worry; there are a few more. Things like -ad, -ant, -at, -int,
-it, -ont, and -ot plus quite a few official (and some common
unofficial) suffixes exist to figure out, too.
> (1) I have detected no repeated consonants or vowels thus far.
Scii esperanto estas bona.
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* Re: [Offtopic] Ekskonk
2004-10-01 5:42 [Offtopic] EsperantoConq Feneric Brown
@ 2004-10-01 18:17 ` Eric McDonald
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From: Eric McDonald @ 2004-10-01 18:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Feneric Brown; +Cc: xconq7
On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Feneric Brown wrote:
> Don't worry; there are a few more. Things like -ad, -ant, -at, -int,
> -it, -ont, and -ot plus quite a few official (and some common
> unofficial) suffixes exist to figure out, too.
Hmmm... I don't suppose Esperanto verbs have voice or mood, do
they?
> > (1) I have detected no repeated consonants or vowels thus far.
> Scii esperanto estas bona.
"To know Esperanto is good."
Okay, legitimate counterexample, since I didn't qualify the
statement as applying to the roots only.
Eric
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