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lamanta ladulo?

ya juman, 29 Septemba 2014

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juman (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 29 Septemba 2014 11:10:14 asubuhi

I'm working my way through a sci-fi book in Esperanto called "NASKIĜO DE LA RUSTIMUNA ŜTALRATO" which can be found here : http://esperanto-ondo.ru/Rato01.htm

One of the sentences goes like this : — Ne hodiaŭ, lamanta ladulo!

lama = lame
-anta = ( "...ing" )

So lamanta would be translated to laming? Or do you know a better translation?
Ladulo I can't find explanation of so any ideas?

Regards,

Fredrik

sudanglo (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 29 Septemba 2014 11:40:56 asubuhi

Does the ladulo refer to some robot? Ladulo = tin man.

Ne hodiaŭ, lamanta ladulo! Not today, you spastic heap of metal!

sergejm (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 29 Septemba 2014 11:47:34 asubuhi

You can take English original and compare.

juman (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 29 Septemba 2014 12:28:33 alasiri

Yes it is ridulo.gif

So does ladulo consist of any suffixes or wordparts?

sudanglo:Does the ladulo refer to some robot? Ladulo = tin man.

Ne hodiaŭ, lamanta ladulo! Not today, you spastic heap of metal!

Scratch (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 29 Septemba 2014 12:52:17 alasiri

juman:Yes it is ridulo.gif

So does ladulo consist of any suffixes or wordparts?
Yes. Lad- = sheet metal, -ul = person, fellow. So a sheet metal person or fellow, a metal guy, therefore a somewhat slangish way to say robot.

juman (Wasifu wa mtumiaji) 29 Septemba 2014 1:46:23 alasiri

Ok, thank you for the feedback that helped a lot!

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