"Mia patrino alvenis graveda al Ĉinio, kie ŝi poste naskis min."
Translation:My mother arrived pregnant in China, where she later gave birth to me.
May 28, 2015
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My mother came to China pregnant, where she later gave birth to me. <-Marked wrong.
May 28, 2015
"alveni" (to arrive) is subtly different than "veni" (to come).
- "Mia patrino venis graveda al Ĉinio" = "my mother came to China pregnant" but may have given birth on the plane
- "Mia patrino alvenis graveda al Ĉinio" = "my mother arrived in China pregnant" (was still pregnant when she got there).
August 11, 2015
Maybe because "came" implies that you are in China yourself while you're talking about it, whereas "arrived" does not?
June 16, 2015
I wrote the exact same sentence as yours, down to every single word and got accepted.
Even though there is a difference between "veni" and "alveni", in this particular case, "came" is fine.
July 18, 2016
I've known people who did that to get their children dual citizenship...
January 2, 2018
