"Plafonoj ne ĉiam estas blankaj."

Translation: Ceilings are not always white.

[HolomorphicShawn]

From French le plafond

[ActualGoat]

And fenestro comes from the French word fenêtre :D

[HolomorphicShawn]

wow much french

[ThatOneDoge]

I love you

[HolomorphicShawn]

wow

[Ungewitig_Wiht]

Fenestro definitely comes more directly from Latin where it is "fenestrum"

[pablussky]

And "finestra", in Catalan

[jzsuzsi]

And Fenster in German.

[Kliphph]

Ankaŭ "finestra", de la itala lingvo

[AiSENMA]

There is also the old Spanish fenestra, meaning, of course, window. Today, however, it's ventana.

[bonniee]

Kiam mi vidas cxi tiun frazon, mi rigardas la plafanon, kaj ĉiam ĝi estas blanka. :P

[JoshLingo1800]

Mi ankaŭ hahaha

[kiddo-depido]

haha jes xD

[Rippler]

Sometimes they're a dark, oozy green, with blood dripping in the corner!

[JoshLingo1800]

Especially if you live in a monster with gum disease!

[deactivated user]

I wonder if the intended meaning was: "Not all ceilings are white"? In English, we can say, "Ceilings are not always white" to mean that, but in Esperanto, "Plafonoj ne ĉiam estas blanka" would give the idea, as you've suggested, that ceilings don't remain white. The meaning, "Not all ceilings are white" would (I think) be "Ne ĉiuj plafonoj estas blankaj" in Esperanto.

[NailahM93]

...well this is a revolutionary thought.

[Ungewitig_Wiht]

Mi regardis la plafonon de mia ĉambro, antaŭ mi legis la frazon. Mia plafono blankas.

[seancenarox]

Don't be so "black and white"! Haha get it

[kardelo]

Couldn't it mean "Ceilings are never white?", or the construction in EO would need to be different?

[theabigaillo]

I believe "Ceilings are never white" would be "Plafonoj neniam estas blankaj", because "nenaim" means never while "ne ĉiam" simply means "not always".

[CarloGamag1]

Whats wrong with " not always ceilings are white"

[deactivated user]

The given order, "Ceilings are not always white", would be the most usual in English. "Not always are ceilings white" might be possible, but "Not always ceilings are white" sounds very strange. My problem with the Esperanto sentence, "Plafonoj ne ĉiam estas blankaj. " is that it seems to be saying that ceilings change colour, and sometimes they are white, and at other times they might turn red, or green, or sky-blue pink with red spots and green stripes!

[dhasenan]

Tre malnovaj plafonoj flaviĝas, kiuj estis blankaj. Per ŝimo, la koloro de plafono eble ŝanĝas kelkfoje.

[JoshLingo1800]

That is not a usual way it is said in English, but if you feel that it should be right, then report it. :)

[Vancow]

Kelkfoje ili estas glaso.