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Can infinitives be used back-to-back in Esperanto?
For example, I just read an English sentence similar to:
What you need to know to be able to grow potatoes...
If I, at my early stage, try to translate this into Esperanto, I end up with three ...
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When should "por" be used before an infinitive (i-verbo)?
There are some cases where I'm not sure if I'm supposed to say the word por before an infinitive. What are the rules for this?
Here is an example of a situation where I'm not exactly sure what to do:
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How free is word order in a sentence with infinitives
Infinitives do not have case markers. "Mi ŝatas lerni" is the typical order, and so is "egzameni asisti la detektivon".
But could "lerni ŝatas mi" work, noting that "mi" is not in accusative and is ...
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Why doesn't the infinitive take the -n suffix?
(This question springs from this one.)
In Esperanto, the -n suffix ending is usually used to mark the accusative.
Ŝi ŝatas fiŝojn.
Ŝi ŝatas la Italan.
Ŝi ŝatas ilin.
Ŝi ŝatas manĝi.
Why isn’t it Ŝi ...
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Infinitive form of compound tenses?
Compound tenses are formed by combining the auxiliary verb "esti" with a participle (e.g. "mi estis leganta" -> "mi legantis"). Is there ever such a thing as an infinitive form of a compound (e.g. "...
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