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why is it (el usono) and not (de usono) what is the difference de sounds better to me at least. thanks.
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"El" means "from". If you're talking about directions (coming from, going to) it's el = from and al = to.
"De" means "of". If you're talking about possession (the story of my life, the color of the sky), it's de = of.
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What's the difference between "ilia" and "iliaj"? Isn't it implied that "they" is plural?
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Don't confuse ili ("they") with ilia ("their").
ilia = their singular thing
iliaj = their plural things
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Aaaaah! I just understood it! It's using "iliaj" as an adjective! Then it takes the "j" from the plural "gepatroj"!
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Yep!
Possessives are formed by turning the pronoun of the owner into an adjective, and must agree in number with what is possessed.
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How to tell apart 'coming to' and 'coming from'? Non native English speaker here, got answer wrong.
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why here we should put the article "the" but few exercises before we don't "The German comes from Germany"?
I learned that we should omit the "The" when we have: names of cities, states, islands, countries, continents:
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Unfortunately, there are almost always exceptions to any rule.
Just the ones I can think of:
Countries: the Bahamas, the Gambia, the United States, the United Kingdom,
City: The Hague,
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But ''The Hague'' is maybe different? It's an abbreviation, it's actually '''s Gravenhage''. which I think would originally have been ''Des Graven Haag'' .
I saw someone else's comment on another sentence that pointed out that it's The United States of America because you're specifying which states. Other examples: The United Kingdom, The Virgin Islands, The Dominican Republic.
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I wonder if "venas el" can stand for both "are traveling from" as well as "originate from", the way it does in English?
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how would you say, "their parents are coming from the united states"
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"Their parents come from the States." should be accepted as well, right?
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That's generally understood to be synonymous, if a bit less formal.
If it's not accepted and there are no errors in your answer, then next time this happens flag it and select "My answer should be accepted".
