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"Is the flag red or blue?"
Translation:Ĉu la flago estas ruĝa aŭ blua?
3 years ago
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vikungen
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estas ruĝa = ruĝas
estas blua = bluas
both are valid, as all adjectives can be turned into verbs like that.
3 years ago
jrzpol
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Why is not accepted "Cu estas la flago ruga au blua?"? Is it wrong?
2 years ago
StephieRice
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It is wrong in word order. Should be "Cxu la flago estas" instead of "Cxu estas la flago"
1 year ago
Rae.F
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It's overstating things to say that word order isn't important. Rather, word order is a little bit more flexible than it is in English.
8 months ago
polynickglot
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I thought the same thing, but you technically could respond with "Yes, the flag is red or blue."
1 year ago
la Ordo de la vortoj ne Estas grava en Esperanto Ĉu la flago Estas.. = Ĉu estas la flago..
3 years ago
StephieRice
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That is not true. For verbs like 'esti' the order matters very much as there is no way to denote an "object" for it.
1 year ago