"Li estas komencanto, sed li rapide lernas."
Translation:He is a beginner, but he learns quickly.
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I meant it sincerely, as unfortunately there are few Classically educated people nowadays.
But then again, it wouldn't be unlike me to sickly burn people for the heck of it, just usually not si bene loquuntur Latine, quoniam omnes diserti ac docti una in fraternitate conjugandi.
Lmao casually switches languages mid-sentence. Next level right there.
Here is a lingot, sir, not only for your knowledge of Latin but also because of you're awesome Bolero.
Could the second li be omitted: li estas komencanto sed rapide lernas?
That's what I said too. I'm kind of surprised it wasn't accepted, but I guess a "fast learner" is an English idiom and not a direct translation?
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My guess would be Duolingo doesn't consider it the same because "learn" is a verb, while "learner" is a noun, and the Esperanto clearly has lernas as a verb in this sentence.
Using li twice implies someone else. Is this what is meant here? Wouldn't it be si?
Sxi is not the same as si. Si is a reference back to the subject of the sentence, like the himself in "He washes himself."
'Rapide' is an adverb, so it could not be translated as 'rapid', because that is an adjective. It could however be translated as 'rapidly'; as in ' He is a beginner, but he learns rapidly.'
Just to know, could 'Li estas komencanto' be translated also as 'He is beginning'?
"Komencanto" is a noun, since it ends in "o". So I'm going to say no, although "He is beginning" has the same meaning.
Ironically I had to re-enter this sentence 3 times, because I kept typing "beginners" by accident.
Which is more acceptable - "he learns quickly" or "he is learning quickly"? (I know that "he is quickly learning" is also accepted)
Second time I incorrectly translate as “He is beginner”, unfortunate mistake I make because my mother tongue is French. Of course, this is invalid in English, but in French I would be more likely to say “Il est débutant”, where “débutant" is an adjective.
Is there an adjective for “komencanto”? (and a corresponding one in English for that matter?)
Is it also possible to say "...sed li lernas rapide" instead of "...sed li rapide lernas"? Or is it grammatically not possible?
Yes, you absolutely can! Esperanto is much more flexible about word order than English is (the function of each word is determined by how it's conjugated, rather than where it is in the sentence), so while it typically follows the same word ordering conventions as English, the order can be changed to provide a degree of emphasis and that isn't possible in written English.
Mi lernas la italan, la hispanan kaj la esperanton. Mi estas komencanto
