"Ĉu vi volas kuri kun mi?"
Translation:Do you want to run with me?
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Does Esperanto have exact words to distinguish between "would" vs "do" in the question sense - "would you want to run with me" vs "do you want to run with me" (the first was marked wrong)
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Ah! I've actually never used volus vs volas in conversation before! In Esperanto culture, do you think people take "Would you want to" vs "Do you want to" differently in conversation?
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I'm not sure… I guess I'd do as in French, and use -us with older people in some formal meeting. But in general I think I say "ĉu vi volas" to anyone, whatever their age.
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In English, "would you" has another degree of uncertainty to it, and is also used in different contexts and makes sense in places where "do you" does not make sense:
Would you go? vs Do you go? (incorrect) Would you make it? vs Do you make it? (incorrect) etc
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I guess in Esperanto, there is no distinction other than adding the Cxu particle for forming a question
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"Would you" also has free will in it, whereas Do you is more like "can you" (are you able to)
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I couldn't identify the root first, but I guess correr (ES) / correre (IT).
I don't know the grammatical reason; but I am a native English speaker and it does not sound right to me.
because it's supposed to be in present simple and that is present progressive
