"La infano volas kompreni la horloĝon."

Translation: The child wants to understand the clock.

[Rippler]

"The child wants to understand to clack." To clack.

HOW DID I WRITE THAT

[savourtardis]

You have my sympathies, as I have made many a silly typo.

[CharmingTiger]

For some reason, this sentence feels extremely profound to me.

[BarrelOfBacon]

Right? I mean, you can see it, you can read what time it is, you may even be able to repair it, but do you truly understand the clock?

[brunofrra]

Komprenu: la malgranda montrilo montras la horon, la granda montras la minutojn.

[CliffJonesJr]

I'm curious about the pronunciation of "horloĝon" given here. The "rl" sequence seems to have turned into a single trill. Is this common among Esperanto speakers (especially those with a non-English L1)?

[trielt]

I don't know if it's been changed since your comment, but I hear the "l" quite clearly.

[CliffJonesJr]

Yeah, I'm sure they changed it to avoid confusion. Still wondering if that "rl" to "rr" thing is common among Esperanto speakers. I guess it's hard to say since they tend to be pretty spread out, with a lot of diversity in accent.

[ChuckBaggett]

I just got through reporting it for not having an L sound. I played it over and over and can't hear one. So I'm glad I saw your comment.

[aventurulo]

I hear an alveolar trill (back of the throat) followed by a normal "l". I can't say whether combining the sound is common amongst speakers, but I know the aim is to pronounce the sounds distinctly.

[CliffJonesJr]

You mean a uvular trill? The alveolar trill is what I was referring to.

[aventurulo]

Yes, sorry. It's been a while since I took linguistics :P

[OmarDeSant]

Just like trielt, I also hear the "l" without problems. I guess it was fixed.

[tringers]

Man, I want to understand the clock. I grew up with digital clocks.

[linda539285]

I think tell time is a better translation than understand the clock.

[scott241080]

Ĉu la horloĝo ankaŭ volas kompreni la infanon? Ili volas esti amikoj?

[ronlin2808]

la horlogxo ne volas esti geamikoj kun la infano

[Phozzonunnium]

Is it 'watch' or 'clock'? The answer is different depending on the question. The first one to appears, saying 'clock' is wrong, but if you say 'watch' now, it is wrong.

[skombro]

Watch is 'brakhorlogxo' ('brako'=arm). "Horlogxo' alone means clock.

[Siavel]

Watch can also be posxhorlogxo in the case of a pocketwatch.