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Use it for questions about prepositions.
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How to mark accusative for correlatives of quantity? Kiel marki akuzativon ĉe "...iom"-aj ta...
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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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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When multiple objects could be the direct one, may I choose none and use prepositions for all?
The respective other objects are used with prepositions. … With such transitive verbs, is it allowed to use prepositions for all objects (and thus have no direct object), even if one of them could be a direct object? …
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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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How to translate "Centuries before World War I, soldiers often used swords and scabbards." g...
Duolingo translates
Centuries ago, soldiers often used swords and scabbards.
as
Antaŭ jarcentoj, soldatoj ofte uzis glavojn kaj glavingojn.
Inspired by the question, whether "Jarcentoj antaŭ, ..." …
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