"Do you live alone?"
Translation:Ĉu vi loĝas sola?
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2016
"Alone" can be an adjective to modify "you" (you are alone where you live) or it can be an adverb to modify "live" (you live in a solitary manner).
I love that this difference exists in Esperanto. In many languages it's pretty hard to express which one you mean.
- 2016
Oh, I don't know. You can always simply use different words, like "Are you lonely?" or "Do you live by yourself?"
Yes, they can go either before or after the verb and this doesn't alter the meaning. I think preceding the verb is slightly more common, and placing it afterwards puts a stronger emphasis on the adverb. Could someone more experienced correct me if I'm wrong?
The adjectives must match the noun in pluralism and objective/subjective. E.g. mi sona kaptas sonan fisxon. I alone caught a lone fish. Notice sonan modifies fisxon while sona modifies mi.
Se mi bonkomprenas, 'loĝi' ne estas kopulo, do ĝi neniam povas kupli 'vi' kaj 'sol-', ĉu jes? Kial 'sola' estas akceptata, se ĝi povas modifi nur la verbon?
