"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.
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Thanks for the explanation, I was wondering the same thing. Congrats on your 1000 day streak! :)
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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').
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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.
Esperanto seems to have no standard sentence structure, so could you also say "Kafon kaj akvon trinkas la virino."?
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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.
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I really love this. Albanian works the same. the -n at the end seems to be very helpful for sentence construction.
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If you are on a computer, there are notes that explain the accusative ending. I found them very helpful!
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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.
The tip for 'drink' has 'trinkas' and 'trinkaĵoj' listed... What is the difference between these two words?
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Because of the fluidity of word order, wouldn't switching coffee and water be correct?
ex: "La virino trinkas akvon kaj kafon."
That sounds right but I wonder if the lesson counts it wrong for some reason. It counted my "Trinkas kafon la virino kaj akvon" wrong and I don't know why.
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Not sure but despite of the fluidity of the word order i think you need to keep "kafon kaj akvon" together. I don't know if it's true, but reading your sentence makes me feel the order is a bit awkward.
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Is 'Virino trinkas..." instead of "La virino trinkas..." okay as well? (it told me it was a fail)
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"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.".
