"Li timas la hundon."

Translation: He fears the dog.

[Baloug]

Fun fact: timi comes from Latin timeō, whence timidus, which gave English "timid".

[koojilefet]

how would I say " he scares the dog"?

[phle70]

Hm.
Maybe "Li timigas la hundon."?

• tim'ig'i - to frighten, intimidate

/komencanto

[koojilefet]

yes, it looks like it.
thanks :-)

[KirbTX]

Quick question - is there a difference between "scared of" and "afraid of"? If so, what's the word for "scared of"?

[arbaro]

Esperanto doesn't differentiate between the two.

[KirbTX]

I'm glad I reported it then, it counted "He is scared of the dog" as wrong, and gave afraid as the right answer.

[phle70]

Thank you!

As of 2015-Dec-20, He is scared of the dog. is marked as a correct translation. :-)

[VoxSilentum]

me too

[Eraecthulugaes]

Lol you can hear mysteriousness in his voice.

[fidelizzz]

He is not pronouncing the "n" at the end of "hundon"...or is just I that could not hear it?

[CaBRonx]

That final "n" is very soft. I almost couldn't hear it, but yeah, in fact, he pronounced it.