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Help with "tia ke oni respondu ĝin"

by Zvoc47, April 1, 2016

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Language: English

Zvoc47 (User's profile) April 1, 2016, 7:44:06 PM

I've been reading the detailed info about suffixes and saw this sentence. How can the undefined pronoun contain an imperative verb? What does that mean? Does it mean that "they-some-people need to respond to it"?

nornen (User's profile) April 1, 2016, 9:01:52 PM

Why shouldn't this be possible?

One mustn't tell lies. = Oni ne mensogu.

dombola (User's profile) April 1, 2016, 11:47:41 PM

Zvoc47: What does that mean?
Tia, ke oni respondu ĝin.
Such that one answer it.
In such a way that one answer it.
In such a manner that one answer it.

yyaann (User's profile) April 2, 2016, 1:32:14 AM

Here is a similar construction that might surprise you as well: "Kion ni faru?" (What should we do?)

The conjugation in -u expresses more than just the imperative.

nornen (User's profile) April 2, 2016, 5:42:51 AM

yyaann:The conjugation in -u expresses more than just the imperative.
The u-form does indeed cover the spectrum of exhortative, cohortative, adhortative, propositive, jussive, optative and imperative.

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