"Mi havas kvar tagojn, sed mi rapide lernas."
Translation:I have four days, but I learn quickly.
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Is this sentence implying that someone only has four days to learn something, but that's not an issue (because they're fast learners)? Or is there a hidden meaning in there? Thanks in advance.
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Thanks for your reply (it seems like the most immediate interpretation).
Wouldn't it also be valid "I only have four days (learning), but I am learning fast"?
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Probably (considering there's no progressive distinction in Esperanto). You should report it.
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There's no "only" in the esperanto sentence, so I think it's not possible to put it in the translation
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Another (less likely) interpretation would be "I'm four days old [so there's much to learn in the world], but I learn fast".
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"After fours days of Esperanto being in beta it has closed down." That would be horrible news.
I'm guessing Zamenhof (Esperanto's creator) took it from same roots as "quarter," and "quartet." Spanish and Italian elide the R for a T sound in Cuatro/Quattro, but it's the same root.
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From Latin quar-, analyzed as the root of quartus (fourth)
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Four in Russian is четыре (chetyre) I'd have to agree with the Latin root
Exactly the same here. And yet the definition of 'rapide' is listed as 'quickly' or 'fast'.
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If I said "Mi havas kvar tagojn, ankaŭ mi lernas rapide." would it also be acceptable?
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does it matter whetehr rapide is before lernas or after? can it be "mi lernas rapide" ?
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The doctors have detected me an uncontrollable tumor, so they gave me only four days of life, so I am gonna spend my last four days in the planet learning great esperanto very quickly!! :D maybe this is the best interpretation of this misterious sentence!!
