"I am a man."

Translation: Mi estas viro.

[reborrn]

How does one differentiate between "I am a man." (as in one human male) and "I am man." (as in the manifestation of humanity).
It sounds silly but I'm serious because there is no article in between.

[TobyBartels]

I think that you'd just use a different word. ‘Mi estas homaro.’ (or at least that's what I found when I looked up ‘humanity’).

[TraceyLalena]

What is "a"? Doesn't this say I am man?

[TobyBartels]

You leave out ‘a’ and ‘an’ in Esperanto.

[MebKohu]

Mi ne estas viro!
Mi estas virino! :D

[Sukram1947]

Well, I definitely think that the answer "Mi estas homo" shoud be accepted.
See definition: MAN: a human being of either sex; a person: God cares for all races and all men.

[Kristatantus]

Can't I leave out "Mi"?

[antoniobales]

The "Mi" is necessary as otherwise it is unknown who the sentence is talking about. In Esperanto, the conjugation does not change based upon who the verb is talking about. For example: "Li estas viro" means "He is a man". If we said "estas viro" it wouldn't really make sense. Hope this helped. =)

[Michael147059]

Isnt mi estas ãü viro qlwo correct?

[tripwork]

Would you be able to leave out "Mi" in "Mi estas viro." and still convey the same meaning? Like does "Estas viro" mean I am a man as well?

[antoniobales]

The "Mi" is necessary as otherwise it is unknown who the sentence is talking about. In Esperanto, the conjugation does not change based upon who the verb is talking about. For example: "Li estas viro" means "He is a man". If we said "estas viro" it wouldn't really make sense. Hope this helped. =)

[Damian330856]

Why: "Mi estas la viro" is wrong?

[AndrewTheo10]

That means "I am the man", not "I am a man".