"A German visits an American in the United States."

Translation: Germano vizitas usonanon en Usono.

[daroge]

usanano? usananonanonanonanon

[KonradKond8]

Usonano?
usonanonanonanonanon

[Dkenneth]

You can't say "germanino" and "usonanino"?

[Luis_Domingos]

If someone being female is relevant to the idea you're trying to convey, then yes, you can use the -in- forms.

[Dejo]

You could say that if you specifically meant a "female German" and a "female American". As more languages are striving to become gender neutral we understand the Esperanto word "germano" to mean a German, regardless of sex, just as in English. So if you have translated "German" by "germanino" you have added information, and probably got it marked wrong by our computer.

[greishazm]

I am confused. It is supposed to add -an to the Country to make a member. So, Germanio + -an = germaniano, doesn't it? Why Germano instead. Please help!

[salivanto]

"Germaniano" would be a non-german resident of Germany.

[CaBRonx]

I have always thought those two meant the same. How can I reach this conclusion?

[regginator729]

Germany is an Old World country (Old World = usu. in Europe or Asia), so "Germano estas homo en Germanio."

[captaingimpy]

Can you say "Germanulo vizitas usonanon en Usono." Or would that not work out? I thought -ulo added the meaning ___person to a root

[danielqsc]

Yes, -ul is the suffix that means "person", but "germano" already means a person. It's like saying "instruistulo" for "teacher" or "homulo" for "person". I'm not sure if it's wrong or just redundant, but I wouldn't use them anyway.

[salivanto]

Germanulo is a bit of an odd word. It would have to mean "person characterized by Germanness" but somehow not "a german." Germano is the correct word in nearly all contexts.

[captaingimpy]

Ah, I see. Thanks for explaining the finer peculiarities of my awkward word choice :)

[danielqsc]

Wouldn't it have to be "germaneculo"? I thought "Germanness" had to be "germaneco".

[salivanto]

PIV defines -ul- as a suffix signifanta individuon, personon, karakterizitan de tio, kion esprimas la rad.

The "rad" (radiko) here is german- - which has to do with germans and things german. How you word this in English doesn't really matter, since it's not a word you'd ever really see.

To take a different example, you can take azeno and get azenulo which means a person who is in some way like a donkey. (i.e. stupid, possibly stubborn.)

No -ec- needed.

[danielqsc]

Hmm, in Portuguese we have a word that would mean exactly the same as "azenulo" ("burro", the same for "azeno" and "azenulo"). Now it makes sense. Thanks again.

[KonradKond8]

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