"Mi bezonas scii la veron."
Translation:I need to know the truth.
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@GalacticKe oh i see! It was in Dutch like that (Tsjech) but i never heard tye English word of it (spoken) thanks for clearing it up
"Scii" may look simple, but it's by far the hardest word to pronounce for me in Esperanto so far D:
I don't see what's wrong. Seems that only the people who can't pronounce "tsunami" and "czar" correctly have a problem with "scii".
It's not "stsunami" and "sczar"... In fact, the proper pronunciations of both of those don't even have the "ts" sound that "scii" does... They're just "soonami" and "zar"...
"sts" at the beginning of a word is incredibly awkward for a lot of people, and it doesn't help to downplay the difficulty.
The problem is your pronunciation of those words. When pronounced correctly, both of the words start with the Esperanto “c” sound.
"Jesuo diris al li: Mi estas la vojo kaj la vero kaj la vivo; neniu venas al la Patro krom per mi." (Johano 14:6)
What's the difference between devi and bezoni if they can both be used in certain contexts?
They're slightly different. Just like in English, if someone is forcing you to do something, you would say "I have to" or "I must", but not really "I need to". Saying "I need to" implies that not only are you compelled, but also that you personally have a need.
A rule of thumb (but maybe not a perfect rule) would be to consider "scias" to mean "know" and "konas" to mean "know of/recognize".
I'm sorry, i just read the tips & notes now since i used the mobile version. Dankon!
Mia sento diras al mi ke la pli ĝusta sento estus "Mi bezonas scii la verecon" ol "Mi bezonas scii la veron". Korektu min se mi rakontas fekaĵon.
Esperanto is easy they said, anyone can spell it they said... Haha Scii is such an interesting word!
Filo, ni logxas en mondo ke havas muroj, kaj tiuj muroj devas gardi per viroj kun pafiloj. Kiu faros gxi? Vi? Vi leŭtenanto vinoburgo? Mi havas pli granda respondeco ol vi eble distingi. Vi ploras por Santiago kaj vi malbenas la marinoj. Vi havas tiu lukso. Vi havas la lukso de ne scias kio mi scias, ke la morto de santigo, dum tragika, eble savis vivojn, kaj mia eksistanso, dum groteska, kaj nekompreneble al vi, SAVAS VIVOJ. Vi ne volas la veron cxar en ejo vi ne volas diri pri cxe festoj, vi volas mi sur tiu muro, vi bezonas mi sur tiu mordo. Ni uzas vortoj kiel honoro, kodo, lojaleco. Ni uzas tiuj vortoj per la kolono de vivo pasis defendi io. Vi uzas ilin per punklino. mi havas nek la tempo, ne la deklivo por ekspliki mem al viro kiu levigxi kaj dormas sub la litkovrillo de la libro mi privizas, tiam demandas la manieron kiu mi provizas gxi. Mi preferus vi diris dankon, kaj iris sur via vojo, alie mi sugestas ke vi kaptu armilon, kaj staru kontraŭa. Kiel ajn, mi ne donas malbenita, kio vi penas ke vi estas rajtigita al.
Bezonas means you have a need to know the truth.
Devas means it is mandatory that you know the truth.
There's a lot of overlap in English, but they're actually pretty different.
My native language is pretty different than English and there is two knows exactly like scias and konas but there's no devas and bezonas so.... I saw an article that says that devas is for infinitive after it and bezonas is for nouns and stuff
Okay. I just found that there is a difference in my language too. It's just not used a lot
The audio for this sentence on this page doesn't seem to work, which is kinda hilarious. I really want to hear 'scii' properly from a human voice, not the mechanical/Stephen Hawking voice on Google Translate.
I find it weird how English people can't pronounce "scii", but I am from the only country that can pronounce 'ř', so…
It feels like pronouncing a lot of consonants at once. Like, how would you pronounce "hshfsthtkj"? It's probably possible, but it doesn't flow very well, and it makes you stop to enunciate properly.
You must see 'c' as one consonant, not as two. Do not just say "ts" rapidly, but the sound that is created by combining them. Also try putting a short empty vowel between s and c.
Maybe instead of thinking of it as trying to say "s'tsee," try "st'see." And then speed it up.
That gives you the incorrect pronunciation of "c". It is not a t and an s in rapid succession, but a t and an s pronounced at the same time, just like the English "ch" is a "t" and a "sh" pronounced at the same time.
Definitely not. "Devi" means "must", meaning obligation or responsibility. "Scii" means "to know".
La vero estas ke vi ne evoluis de la simio. Vi estas miksaĵo de simioj kaj eksterteranoj. Ni estas nur grandega terario!
Yes, I do know, and you can, too, with the help of wiktionary.
