"Ĉu Adamo estas itala civitano?"

Translation: Is Adamo an Italian citizen?

[solidgitarius]

Ne, li estas ĉeĥa civitano.

[SariniLynn]

You just wanted an excuse to use ĥo, didn't you? :-p

[AANickFan]

I don't understand. He used "ĥa", and why would he need an excuse? Is "ĥ" rare in Esperanto?

[LouisSepdekdu]

"a", "bo", "co", "ĉo"..."ĥo" are the names of the letters written "a", "b", "c", "ĉ"... "ĥ"

[StephieRice]

It may be understood but not really accurate.

That is not like "alpha" vs the character. There "alpha" is a transliteration of that characters name in English.

Calling "a" "b" "c" as "a" "bo" "co" in Esperanto is like calling "a" "b" "c" as "ay" "bee" "sea" in English, attempting to transliterate the pronunciation into the host language.

In Esperanto, the letter "c" is pronounced as "co", but its name is "c".

[AANickFan]

I thought that was just how you pronounced them. Wouldn't referring to the letter as "'ĥ'" work?

[LouisSepdekdu]

Sure. It's the same as "alpha" vs "α"

[Kliphph]

Ne, li estis pola civitano

[Vabelie]

Ne, li estis rusa regnano. Pollando ne estis sendependa nacio.

sfuspvwf npj

[blueandnerdy]

Ne, li estas urso...

[zerozeroone]

Sed Adamo estas itala urso!

[SzymonRuci]

no Sofia, that he makes a good pizza does not mean that he's Italian

[Tomicxo]

Kial vi demandas? Ĉu Adamo estas aŭstralia parlamentano?

[AANickFan]

Kial vi demandas tion?