Topic: Esperanto

"The subway is not coming."

Translation:La metroo ne venas.

June 25, 2015

9 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/rwhubert

    why is it metroo and not just metro?

    June 25, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/mihxal

      Because "metro" means meter.

      June 25, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/llusx

        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.

        June 25, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/mizinamo

          Similarly with taksio from taxi.

          June 27, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/vikungen

            heroo from hero

            September 16, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/RomajiAmulo
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            Is it always that way? Or is it just often that way?

            January 19, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/mizinamo

              Not always; for example, "judo" is ĵudo and not ĵudoo.

              January 19, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/Cocio_16

                « La metroo ne venas » Jen internacia frazo.

                August 23, 2016
                [deactivated user]

                  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".

                  April 1, 2017
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