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"The chicken and the horse live."
Translation:La koko kaj la ĉevalo vivas.
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A chicken (koko) is a base term for the animal, while "chick" (kokido) is the baby, the hatchling.
How come when you are saying that something does live, or is alive, they "vivas", but when you ask where something lives (living in Australia, they "logas en Australio", etc... Are they different words, similar to: (vivas = life), while (logas = reside)? This is probably a really dumb question but I'm just trying to understand things better.
I have exactly the same question, and I think you might be on the right track for definitions, though I think it would be good to clarify this for future users of this lesson.
The course notes used to have this:
LOĜI AND VIVI
loĝi - to live, to reside, to dwell (in a specific place)
vivi - to live, to be alive (the state of being)
English speakers usually use the verb “to live” for both meanings. However you should aim to make the distinction
The notes do have loĝas defined here: https://www.duolingo.com/skill/eo/Plurals/tips-and-notes
Thanks, I'm good at missing the obvious, or forgetting the few things I don't miss in the first place. Much appreciated! :)
I wish it was as obvious to me as it is to you. They still seem to be the same thing to me.
Well we do have English words that are derived from the same roots as Esperanto. Viva Las Vegas (Long live Las Vegas).
Revive = to return to life.
Vital/vitality.
Survive.
Vivid = animated, spirited
Lodge / Lodging = a place to live.
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VIVI
to be alive, to be living, to be not dead
vivacious: full of life
revive: to return someone or something to vitality
LOĜI
to be lodged somewhere, to reside somewhere, to call a place home
lodgings: a place where people can stay
lodger: someone who rents a room
