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Topic: Esperanto

"The subway is not coming."

Translation:La metroo ne venas.

3 years ago

9 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/rwhubert
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why is it metroo and not just metro?

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/mihxal
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Because "metro" means meter.

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/llusx
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So it wouldn't be confused with the Esperanto metro, a meter - the measuring unit.

As for metroo, it is a loanword metro, and -o is the noun ending.

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/mizinamo
mizinamo
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Similarly with taksio from taxi.

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/vikungen
vikungen
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heroo from hero

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/RomajiAmulo
RomajiAmulo
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Is it always that way? Or is it just often that way?

2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/mizinamo
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Not always; for example, "judo" is ĵudo and not ĵudoo.

2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Cocio_16
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« La metroo ne venas » Jen internacia frazo.

2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/DavidLamb3
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Can "metroo" be used in Esperanto of an individual train on the underground, as seems to be the case here? It certainly doesn't work in British English. No one, waiting in vain for an underground train, would say, "The underground is not coming".

1 year ago
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