"The woman does not often wear pants."
Translation:La virino ne ofte portas pantalonon.
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If I recall correctly, the suffix "-eg" is used to amplify the adjective to which it is attached, so to speak. Examples are Bona, which can be turned into Bonega -which means Great- and Varma, which can be turned into Varmega - meaning Hot.
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What's wrong with "La virino ne portas pantalonon ofte"? Is it because you're not allowed to put an adverb in that position?
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Is there a rule that adverbs must cluster together? It marked me wrong for la virino ne portas ofte pantalonon.
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I know pantalono means one pair of pants but could someone tell me why "La virino ne often portas pantalonojn" wasnt accepted? Is it like English where we dont say "I eat lots of fishes"
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I think it's the difference between how English vs Esperanto handles the habitual with regular countable nouns. In English we say "I don't often wear t-shirts", but that does not imply that we wear more than one at a time. In Esperanto, the singular is used.
In English, the difference between the plural "fish" and "fishes" is that "fishes" implies many different kinds of fish, and that this variety is a salient point.
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Mi pensas ke la itala estas mia ŝatata lingvo, kaj esperanto dua.
