Questions tagged [prepositions]
For questions concerning the usage of prepositions in Esperanto.
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Why is "da" used in this question?
The following sentence comes from Duolingo:
Kiom da gekuzoj vi havas?
translates to:
How many cousins do you have?
da means of. Why is it used in this question? Is the question grammatically ...
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How to mark accusative for correlatives of quantity? Kiel marki akuzativon ĉe "...iom"-aj tabelvortoj?
If I'm not mistaken, the two distinct English questions
(a) How many workers need that much work?
and
(b) How many workers does that much work need?
would in Esperanto both be rendered as
Kiom da ...
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How do you say that something is "on a website"? Which preposition to use?
For saying that something is on a website, I have seen at least four different prepositions:
La demando estas je Stack Exchange
La afiŝo estas en Reddit
La pepaĵo estas ĉe Twitter
Ĝi estas ...
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"Dankon POR via respondo" or "Dankon PRO via respondo"?
Both can be translated to "Thanks for your answer". Which one is correct, and if both are, when?
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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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"Sen rigardi": Which preposition+infinitive combos are possible?
I often encounter prepositional phrases such as sen rigardi:
Mi forlasis ŝin sen rigardi dorsen. (From a story by J. Camacho.)
Are other preposition+infinitive combinations possible? For example: ...
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Why did "kiom", "tiom", "iom" etc. without "da" fall out of fashion?
Nowadays, when an amount tabelvorto ("kiom", "tiom", "iom", "ĉiom" or "neniom") is followed by the thing(s) or category to which the amount refers, there's always a "da" between them. (See also Why is ...
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Why accusative in duration before "antaŭ"?
Why does "monatojn" carry the accusative marker "-n" in the following sentence?
Ĉiu diskutota demando estas ja publikigita tri monatojn antaŭ la kongreso.
(Seen in PMEG, which in turn attributes ...
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