"Ĉu aligatoroj demetas ovojn?"

Translation: Do alligators lay eggs?

[ActualGoat]

Jes, aligatoroj demetas ovojn :D

[astropauws]

Ĉu ovojn de la aligatoroj estas bongusta? :O

[Whoaholycow]

vi iras al domo da aligatoro, kaj vi diras nin!

[Mike50815]

I think the imperative ("iru") fits better here.

[Alogician]

Is that a true grammatical thing, or idiomatic?

[lssssj]

True. -as is just present tenses. -U is the imperative.

[Mike50815]

And it needs to be "de la aligatoro"

[elijahmartincek]

Shouldn't it just be "de aligatoro"? It isn't a specific alligator in question.

[yadwinder_gadari]

No, she's right since she meant to say 'alligators' and not 'alligator'.

[stevede]

ovoj*

[DebraWetherell]

I now know how to discuss the reproduction of alligators in Esperanto, but I still don't know how to say " I would like to take a shower". I can't wait to get to that bit.

[PurpleHuedMagPie]

That moment when you realize that "DEMETI" is a combo word of "METI" (to put/lay/set down) and "DE" (of/from/by X-source).

So essentially "DEMETI" means to "to put down from X-source"!

[ZaelSlyte]

Well do they?

[KubeJay]

Yes they do.

[AilurusHush]

Jes, aligatoroj demetas ovojn :) Ili estas reptiliojn(?).

[martaypartay101]

Jes, Duo!

[yadwinder_gadari]

Jes, ili ĉu.

[danielqsc]

This doesn't make sense. "Cxu" can't be always used the same way "do" is used in English (as in "yes, they do"). I would only repeat the verb in this case (jes, ili demetas). That's what I do in my native language, Portuguese (pássaros botam ovos? sim, eles botam). Or I would simply say "jes".

[yadwinder_gadari]

I see, thanks.

[KylePrice8]

Why does, "Does an alligator lay eggs" not work?

[jytou]

I guess it is because the original sentence has aligatoroj which is a plural. So it's not really a straight translation.

[BossLearner87]

I see an et is there. Is demas a thing?

[salivanto]

de-met-i

[Emmett705338]

cxu personoj havas ideojn por lerni "demetas" tio significas 'lay'. Mi daŭre pensis pri la franca vorto 'demitasse'.

[yemum1]

I misunderstood this as "can alligators get dementia?" at first.

[zagadka314]

"aLLigators" Really… Testing my English? xD

[__yam]

Jes!

[da_funky_munky]

Guys, Guys, if you type into google translate え (egu) repeatidly, it comes up (eventually) with DECEARING EGG

[DalDagor]

Why Duo told me this answer?
"Are alligators depositing eggs?"

[salivanto]

What did you enter as your response?

[rialtosteve]

I spelt aligators and it said no

[ThomasLums]

Does 'demeti' also work in the sense of "I 'lay down' (on something)"?

[salivanto]

No, that's kuŝi/kuŝiĝi.
(To be lying down/to become lying down)

[KonradKond8]

Jes