"Mi ne volas, ke li maltrankviliĝu."
Translation:I do not want him to worry.
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That's a long word. :O What's the difference between zorgi and maltrankviligxi?
It says this in the notes: "We also use the -u ending in subordinate phrases starting with ke, when the verb in the preceding, main part of the sentence expresses a want, desire, demand or preference"
final u of maltrankviliĝu sounds almost like o with this speaker and ĝ like g, this confused me completeli, as I understoon maltrankviligo
Which word? I would guess at "maltrankviliĝu". If so, the basis is the root "trankvil-" with the meaning of calm. Adding "mal" makes it mean the opposite, so "worried". "iĝ" is an affix with the meaning of "become". The verb ending "u" has the meaning of "should". So the whole word means "should become worried". But in this particular English sentence, we tend to leave out the "should", and just say "I don't want him to become worried" or even simpler, "I don't want him to worry".
Anybody else think that the English should have the word "should" attached to "worry"?
I read in another comment that deziras is more of a feeling, whereas volas is more of how one thinks the world should be and in English we use "want" for either. So i would think that not wanting someone to worry falls into the latter category.
