"Mia talenta patro estas gardisto."

Translation: My talented father is a guard.

[vanof]

Mia patro trovos vin..

[zerozeroone]

Is this guard as in mall rent-a-cop security guard, a military-police force such as the "Guardia Civil" (the Spanish national police force), a purely military force such as the Life Guards (UK calvary), or a lifeguard at the pool? Or does it cover all of them?

[Xombie]

I would say it just means guard. Any guard. You could probably specify further, but this is just the most generic form.

[SimonFarrelly]

And in Ireland a "Guard" is a police officer. From the Irish "garda".

[LuboKol]

At first, I thought that «gardisto» was a word for «gardener»

[Renardo_11]

That would be ĝardenisto.

[pekerappo]

I imagine he is a talented color guard.

[Eyalthegreat]

must be a story there

[GeraldLund]

Honesta laboro edtas bona laboro

[tacit-blue]

wait, so what's the difference between talenta and lerta?

[zubiz]

As I understand it, lerta is skilled, ability acquired by knowledge and experience and talenta is simply talent, i.e a natural gift by birth.

[salivanto]

Mi kredas ke oni povas evoluigi la naturan talenton, sed gxenrale vi pravas.

[LouisSepdekdu]

I got that wrong because I wrote "guardian".

What is the difference? When I searched, I found that "a guardian is someone who guards, watches over, or protects" while "a guard is a person who protects or watches over". Not really useful.

[tmchardy]

This question makes me wish I knew more about english, because I understand the nuances of when to use guard/guardian, but not how to best express it.

A guardian refers more to the person and must guard something. Therefore there is also either an explicit or implicit indirect object. "I am the guardian of my children". A guard refers more to the profession or an action (verb). You can either guard something, or be a guard.

To be fair, guardian is not a very common term. The only time I ever see the word guardian outside of that Marvel comic/movie is on official government forms where it asks for "Parent/Guardian".

For instance: "The warehouse guard is guardian of the warehouse." Many would find this sentence, if not odd, one that they would not commonly say; hence, why "guardian" is not a very common term. More likely someone would rephrase this as "The warehouse guard guards the warehouse", replacing the definition of the person with the action she performs.