"Lakto estas blanka kaj ĉokolado estas bruna."
Translation:Milk is white and chocolate is brown.
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Chocolate is brown. Milk is white. Why can't I get all the answers right?
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Chocolate milk - Ĉokolada lakto; White chocolate - blanka ĉokolado.
Ĉokolada lakto estas bruna kaj blanka ĉokolado estas blanka.
I believe this to be true according to what I have learned thus far.
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I have a question, why after estas it doesn't go with -n? (sorry for my bad english)
Nouns and adjectives after "estas" never take the accusative ending.
Li estas knabo.
Lakto estas blanka.
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In case anyone's wondering, the official terms are predicate nominatives (for nouns) and predicate adjectives.
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So in Esperanto you don't need 'La' in front of 'lakta' and 'ĉokolado' in this case?
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I wonder the same. Since I'm a Spanish speaker, we generally put definited articles (él, la) before nouns when we talk about general things, like "La leche" to reffer any milk in the world o "El chocolate" to describe any chocolate in the world. But since the point of view of an English native these words don't need articles, unless you are describing a specific milk or chocolate. I guess the logic would be the same in Esperanto, but maybe I'm wrong.
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Exactly what I want to know. My native language is Bulgarian an we also 'define' the general things (we don't have definite articles but we have an equivalent thing). So is Esperanto more like English in this case? Or is the sentence wrong? Can any advanced speaker answer?
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I believe it works similar to the English language. "La" refers to something specific or known. When it is omitted, the noun is presumed to be general or indefinite, depending on context.
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Does Esperanto not need a comma to separate two independent clauses?
I have a question, could you say "lakto estas blanka kaj ĉokolado bruna"? Or is it necessary to write the verb in both sentences?
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This is how cooks address the "Roses are red, violets are blue," but either way I don't know what more obvious.
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I have a cousin named Bruna; it'd be funny if I asked her "Kio estas via nomo"
