"Dum lia febro, liaj sonĝoj estis strangaj."

Translation: During his fever, his dreams were strange.

[FredCapp]

Not siaj?

Asking for a friend.

[Mutusen]

No, because "liaj sonĝoj" is the subject of the clause. You cannot have a reflexive pronoun as a subject.

[zerozeroone]

Let's rearrange the sentence to "Liaj sonĝoj estis strangaj dum lia febro". Is it still correct or should it be "dum sia febro"?

[orbwizard]

I think it has to be "dum lia febro" here, because "dum sia febro" would mean "during the fever of the subject of the sentence – which is the dream, not him.

[FredCapp]

That was what I was thinking earlier.

[FredCapp]

I figured that out later, but I couldn't get back here then.

[Michael_Sautter]

What's the difference between 'songxo' and 'revo'? Are they just two different words for 'dream'?

[FredCapp]

Sonĝo = Dream, as in during one's time of sleep.
Revo = Daydream, Reverie, as in when one is nominally awake.

Good question. Keep them coming.

[Michael_Sautter]

I see, thank you.

[FaizalZahid]

Shrek is Love, Shrek is Life

[PatrickOsa]

Anybody else think of Crime and Punishment when reading this?

[CraigRobin8]

Actually, I was thinking of Lovecraft.

[jungerstein]

Actually, many novels between 18th(?) to early-20th century had such plots.

[JoshLingo1800]

I thought he was say sangxoj and not songxoj. Hahaha "during his fever, his bloods were strange" ne havas sencon lol

[FredCapp]

Except that there is no Esperanto word sanĝo. Blood is sango.

Still amusing though.

[JoshLingo1800]

Hahaha that makes it worse haha dankon por memorigi min, amiko :)

[Em0srawk]

Do li havis febrosongxojn, cxu ne?

[Quintenvan14]

Dreams are always strange.

[sesquilingual]

I know the feeling...

[AdamScott794079]

Steven strange

[lunafervojo]

Febrosongxoj: https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fever-dreams

[zuoanqh]

ooh, spooky