Topic: Esperanto

"Mi neniam traktos kun li."

Translation:I shall never deal with him.

August 31, 2015

9 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Vortarulo

    Oops, I missread traktos as tranoktos and wrote "I'll never spend the night with him!". Freŭda mislego. ^^

    August 31, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/FredCapp
    • 612

    Vere malsama, ĉu?

    December 15, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/DanielA212510

      Is trakti deal as in make a deal, or as in deal with it?

      June 20, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/salivanto
      • 1182

      Without looking it up (but as a fluent speaker) I would say that "trakti" means that you're going to handle something or take care of something. The word "kun" here surprises me a little... and I would say that it would have to mean "I will never take on issues while working with him on those issues".

      Yeah. I guess I need to look it up...

      Yes, after reading in vortaro.net, I think that's more or less it.

      March 9, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/R_R1234
      • 332

      Am I the only one who thought it had something to do with a tractor?

      March 14, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/Epiphanic

        Why doesn't "li" take the accusative -n here?

        January 21, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/Vortarulo

          Because it is not the direct object of the verb. There is a preposition, kun, and prepositions only take -n when they denote direction.

          January 21, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/StavatS

            Does trakti mean specifically money-related affairs?

            March 4, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/salivanto
            • 1182

            No.

            Random example from PIV: trakti iun kiel krimulon

            March 9, 2017
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