"Men are handsome."

Translation: Viroj estas belaj.

[piano.z]

Esperanto is an "international" language... not to be negative, but:
- a lot of languages have plurals ending in "s." why did they choose "j?"
- it seems a lot simpler if adjectives didn't have to agree with nouns (i.e. also add a "j" when the noun is plural). this "agreement," to me, is the very thing that makes a lot of languages hard to learn- so why does Esperanto have it?

[langlearnerZeke]

could this also mean "some men are handsome"?
as in "there is a group of men (plural indef.) and they are beautiful"

[everton.flavio]

When you say "Men are handsome" you are not specifying whether you mean either all or only some men. If you want to specify it, you could use:

• Kelkaj viroj estas belaj = Some men are handsome; or
• Ĉiuj viroj estas belaj = All men are handsome.

[Latcarf]

I don’t think so. "Some men are handsome" would be "Iuj viroj estas belaj"

[bookoverlord]

how would you specify a group of men, like 'the men are hansome'?

[Latcarf]

"La viroj estas belaj"

[bookoverlord]

facepalm can't believe i missed that.
Thank you!

[langlearnerZeke]

Do you speak it fluently yet?