"Bonan nokton, ĝis la revido!"
Translation:Good night, see you later!
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What is wrong with 'see you later, alligator'?
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I used "until the reseeing" which was indicaated in the notes and it was marked wrong?
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Doesn't "ĝis" mean "it"? What would be the literal translation? I only ask to be able to understand the mechanics.
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Yes, it's wrong. We don't say "until the next time", but we do say "until next time".
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What is the difference between ĝis la revido and ĝis poste?
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Idiomatically they mean pretty much the same thing. Literally, though, "la revido" is "the re-seeing" and "poste" is "later". In English, it's the difference between "Until I see you again" and "Until later".
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Evening is vespero. Night is nokto.
Evening is that time between late afternoon and night. You eat dinner in the evening. You sleep at night.
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Are "bonan vesperon" and "bonan nokton" used similarly to English, i.e one wouldn't use "bonan nokton" to greet someone at night but rather only use it to say goodbye?
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You're right. "Good night" is only "goodbye". For a greeting when it's late, you'd say "good evening".
(Of course, "hello" is good any time of day.)
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I put "Good night, until later!" but it was counted wrong. "Until the re-seeing" seems pretty close to "until later."
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Is translating literally not encouraged? I put 'Good night, until the re-seeing' which seems pretty literal.
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Literal translation is never good, because the objective is to say the equivalent thing in the other language. And since different languages have different grammar rules, different idioms, and different uses of the prepositions, you can end up with gibberish if you try.
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Oh, alright. Generally in my classes beginners translate literally until they get a better grasp of grammar and vocabulary, so it's what I'm used to...
I keep translating this as "Good night, later!" because that's how I'd say it :p.
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What's the meaning of "ĝis" and "revido" ? The drop down translations just says "goofbye".
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If you expand the dropdown further, it will show you that "ĝis" means "until" and "revido" means "re-seeing".
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What if it is re-written as, Bonan nokton, Gxis poste ? Makes any diference?
I used "until the next sight" which is translating almost word by word and it's wrong. My background is Portuguese.
Should it really say it's wrong because I didn't type the exclamation mark?
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No. Are you sure you didn't have an error elsewhere?
