"He likes to have money."

Translation: Li ŝatas havi monon.

[BryceJohnson3]

Mi ankaux! Mi ankaux!

[HLFzP]

The word "money" is uncountable in English, but it can't in Esperanto, so can I say: "Li ŝatas havi monojn."?

[AlexanDDOS]

In many langauges "money" is uncoutable word. Whan you say "Monoj" it means that you operate few stacks of money, for example few bank accounts.

[AlexanDDOS]

Oops, I made a mistake in "When", I'm sorry.

[errant1]

Kiu ne?

[Rob790395]

I put... Li satas devas monon

[Gjvillegas25]

Who doesn't? Lmao

[PersiaRose]

Would "Li ŝatas havas monon" be he likes having money?

[hahaha526262]

I'm not an expert, but no i don't think so. If the verb is an object it has to be infinitive in Esperanto, so 'Li ŝatas havas monon' is not correct. The sentence 'Li ŝatas havi monon' can be translated by both the english infinitive and the present participle, I think...

[LuckyMesen]

Why is it "havi" and not "havas"?

[Nocx14]

Because it is the object of the word "sxatas", and not an independent verb.

[Majklo_Blic]

Just like in English and most other languages, when you have two or more verbs in a row, only the first is conjugated; the rest remain in the infinitive.

In the example sentence, the two verbs are 'like' and 'have'; in English, it's 'likes' (conjugated) and 'to have' (infinitive), and in Esperanto it's 'ŝatas' (conjugated) and 'havi' (infinitive).