Topic: Esperanto

"Mi ŝatas fruktojn pli ol fromaĝon."

Translation:I like fruits more than cheese.

August 16, 2015

10 Comments

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  • 646

Why does fruit need to be plural? And if it does, why not cheese as well? (ie I like fruits more than cheeses)

August 16, 2015
https://www.duolingo.com/mihxal

    I would ask why "vegetables" can be plural but fruit can't be plural when they are plural?

    August 16, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/KirbTX

      Konsentite. Mi ne konas kial fruktojn estas la sola respondo

      November 23, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/KX3.
      • 31

      Because people use fruit and fruits interchangeably.

      August 10, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/Quickfitter

        So 'frukto' can't be used in an uncountable or collective sense in Esperanto as 'fruit' is in English (but 'vegetable' is not). Why is that wrong? Is there some way to form an equivalent uncountable noun?

        September 22, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/pedro_dg
        • 22

        Mi ankaŭ dirus ke la fruktoj povas esti bona respondo

        January 19, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/ISpeakAlien
        • 729

        Fruits and cheese can't be compared. They are too different.

        May 23, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/Kajmak383

          Kie oni utiligas akuzativon por "fromagxo"?

          May 5, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/DanDracea

            FruitSSS does not exist in the English language.

            June 14, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/jaggedSpire
            • 434

            What? It absolutely does, though IME it's usually used to refer to multiple kinds of fruits. "Some fruits have thick skin, while others do not."

            June 16, 2018
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