"Mi ne parolas la anglan."
Translation:I do not speak English.
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Why is "anglan" an adjective? Is it like "Ya gavaryu pa-russky" where it's like "I don't speak the english [way]"?
You can use it as an adjective, like "anglan libron" would be either a book about english or a book in english, but when you have "la angla" it means "the English language" rather than "English" because in this context it is short for "la angla lingvo".
La libro pri la angla lingvo would be the book about the English language. Angla libro could be that, but seems to usually mean "a book in English." This is where context matters.
The rest of your comment is correct. Though you are responding to a five year old message.
Well, this course is 'Esperanto for English speakers', so you're in trouble...
Tu est très drôle. I'm not sure if I just called you funny or stupid, but nevertheless that comment was... AWESOME! EDIT: "Tu es," not "Tu est." My bad.
Pourquoi est-ce que nous parlons français ici? J'ai pensé que cette leçon-ci est une leçon esperanto, pas français!
Then I'm in trouble, because I also don't speak Spanish and Portuguese and those are the only other languages with Esperanto courses.
Indeed... I speak French, but have to write in English to learn Esperanto. No wonder I end up so confused !
Mi bedaŭras vian situacion. Mi esperas, ke la strigo donas al ni: "Lernu Esperanton el la franca" baldaŭ.
Jam estas la hispana/Esperanto lecionoj.
Redakto: nun ekzistas la franca/Esperanta leciono
My comment isn't related to this sentence but to the image used for "la angla"....why is it an american flag?
Old comment, but Duolingo is an American company based in Pennsylvania. Naturally, it teaches American English, but generalized so you will be understood in any English speaking country.
The same is for the Spanish course. It has the flag of Spain, but it leans towards LA Spanish words. You'll still be understood in a Spanish speaking country mostly. It's just a flag of a country or group that speaks the language to represent it.
Yes, because there you need the capitalize to understand that you are not speaking about someone hoping but about a language ;)
Dead languages (like Latin) and artificial languages are all capitalized. Scroll down to the notes on this page for more info.
Nah, It's just a means to separate the language's name (which was originally meant to be La Internacia Lingvo) from the word meaning one who hopes
I think most planned and dead languages are capitalized. e.g. "Latino" is also capitalized, refering to the Tips and notes in the languages lesson.
I misunderstood. Re-read the notes on the "la" vs. no "la" on languages. I had mistaken it for the -n
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In languages, I am not sure were to use "alngla" and were to use "anglan" (or any other languages in Esperanto), please clear my doubts.
Because "La anglan (lingvon)" means "the English (language)"
You'll find "la" before the names of most languages in Esperanto, to the point that leaving la off becomes very noticeable, and you'll be asking why are they forgetting the la when discussing Ido, or something.
And yes, to my understanding we even grant Ido language status.