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"The woman drinks coffee and water."
Translation:La virino trinkas kafon kaj akvon.
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Why is it "kafon" and not "kafo"? I might just be missing something but I don't understand when to use either one.
Basically, the accusative is the object of the sentence. Distinguishing the object from the subject is what allows Esperanto to have such a flexible word order.
Thanks for the explanation, I was wondering the same thing. Congrats on your 1000 day streak! :)
You know how in English, we don't say ¨i love he¨- we say ¨i love him¨. In esperanto, we make this change by adding 'n' to the end of words, including objects (like 'kafo').
Kafon is kafo with the -n accusative ending. This skill is about accusative, see Tips & Notes in the beginning of the skill for more information.
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Yes I also thought so, also according to a dictionary. So I don't understand why it shows drinkas as an option.
Esperanto seems to have no standard sentence structure, so could you also say "Kafon kaj akvon trinkas la virino."?
Your frase is correct, @xcanox. Yes, there is almost a standard structure, that is "subject + verb + object", but it's not a rule. Esperanto allows the user use it as he wants.
Wouldn't that be "Coffee and water drinks the woman?" As in, the liquids are literally drinking the woman.
I really love this. Albanian works the same. the -n at the end seems to be very helpful for sentence construction.
If you are on a computer, there are notes that explain the accusative ending. I found them very helpful!
The tip for 'drink' has 'trinkas' and 'trinkaĵoj' listed... What is the difference between these two words?
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"Trinkas" is the present-tense conjugation of the verb "trinki/to drink".
"Trinkaĵoj" is the plural noun "beverages".
You can always tell the part of speech by how a word ends.
Is 'Virino trinkas..." instead of "La virino trinkas..." okay as well? (it told me it was a fail)
"Virino trinkas..." means "A woman drinks...", while "la virino trinkas..." means "THE woman drinks..." The English sentence has a "the", so you need the "la" in Esperanto as well.
I can't get to the end of this section because it keeps telling me that the answer I put in was wrong, even though it's telling me that the correct solution is exactly what I typed as my answer. I tried reporting it but it won't let me get to the end of this section until I've answered it. Can anyone help? I typed "La virino trinkas kafon kaj akvon.".
