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Topic: Esperanto

"Nia patrino kaj nia patro estas niaj gepatroj."

Translation:Our mother and our father are our parents.

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3 years ago

33 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Nadiros2
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Hmmm... Does it also mean that my brother and my sister are my siblings?

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Reply•3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/jcreed
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Kompreneble jes! Mia frato kaj mia fratino estas miaj gefratoj.

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Reply•3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Tebis11
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No, that sentence was only about your parents, unfortunately ;(

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Reply•11 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Majklo_Blic
Majklo_Blic
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Grammar question: is the second "nia" required or optional here?

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Reply•3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/dxrsam
dxrsam
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It's optional, and leaving it out would make room for slight ambiguity, as in English.

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Reply1•3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Majklo_Blic
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Dankon.

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Reply•3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/olyglotED
olyglotED
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does "ge" at the beginning always make the root into a hierarchy such as siblings, parents, etc... is it a fixed rule?

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Reply1•3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/zytiko
zytiko
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the prefix Ge- means both sexes. Gefratoj means siblings, geamikoj means both guy and girl friends, geknaboj are children both boys and girls.

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Rippler
Rippler
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Yes, it generally means "both" according to my knowledge from surfing these discussions.

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/NicholasLussier
NicholasLussier
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Wow, never would have figured that one out!!!

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/j.kam
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Ya dont say

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Jackyxu
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I keep thinking that it is grandparents lol.

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Reply•3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/.S.P.Q.R.
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why the second nia has a j on the end?

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Reply•3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/karinasan
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It is the plural of nia. In Esperanto, the adjectives have plural ;) The "j" in the end of a words aleays means that it is plural.

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Reply•3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/RobinIsabelle
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Nia patrino kaj nia patro ne estas niaj gepatroj

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Reply•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Xavierkiller22
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I thought I was walking into Our mother and our father are siblings.

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Reply•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/AntonR1
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This wouldn't work if your parents are a gay couple, I'm assuming.. as "ge" means both genders.. right?

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Reply•5 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Andrusch
Andrusch
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Is there a rule attached to "gepatroj" starting with "ge"?

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Rippler
Rippler
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Yes, it basically means both genders.

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/HentieTheart
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That sentence in English is a real tongue twister if you say it too fast. "Our mother and our father are our parents."

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/BIGBOI693
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Oh my god. I never would have thought... MY LIFE IS A LIE!

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Reply•6 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/SupBlue24
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Would it still make sense if it translated (in English) to "Our mother and father are parents?"

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Reply•1 week ago
https://www.duolingo.com/4.leaf.clover
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This sentence in Spanish is: Nuestra madre y nuestra madre son nuestros padres. Awesome! xD

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Andrusch
Andrusch
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Almost! Change the second "madre" in your sentence to "padre", i.e. "Nuestra madre y nuestro padre son nuestros padres.

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/4.leaf.clover
4.leaf.clover
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Yes, I put twice "nuestra madre". I was wrong. It was happened for writing quickly.

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Immortalizd
Immortalizd
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And you accidentally said that you had two mothers... xD

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Reply•2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/blankino-182
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Well, that's possible too ;)

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Reply•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/blankino-182
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Well, that's possible too ;)

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Reply•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Guevara4U
Guevara4U
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What is the difference between Nia and Niaj?

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Reply•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/ronaldo623
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Niaj is pural and nia is singular. Niaj is used for gepatroj because gepatroj includes more than one person (plural).

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Reply•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/rawad_alfaqeeh
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Can't understand the difference between NIA and Niaj

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Reply•1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/solumaenus
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Nia and Niaj both refer to "our", but Niaj is used when describing more than one thing. For instance, "Our mother" is "Nia patrino", while "Our parents" means "Niaj gepatroj".

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Reply•8 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/TobyDaDankEngine
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No dip sherlock

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Reply•7 months ago
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