"I read a book on the screen of my computer."
Translation:Mi legas libron sur la ekrano de mia komputilo.
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I knew about sur, but wrote instead:
mi legis libron per la ekrano de mia komputilo
Because according to what I've learnt Esperanto tries to be less ambiguous as possible, and "sur" here could mean (maybe only to me :D) that I'm standing on a computer screen while reading my paper book.
I reported my translation, but I'm not very sure about the correctness of this one...what do you guys think?
Yes, Esperanto is generally less ambiguous than most other languages.
That being said, I do not know a single language, including Esperanto, that is consistently unambiguous in use of prepositions.
Shouldn't legis and legas be right in this case because English's past tense and present tense of "read" stays the same so it's ambiguous.
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"Legis" was accepted 10/16/17, as it should be since "read" can be either present or past tense depending on pronunciation and /or context. But here we have neither pronunciation nor context.
In English, the simple present tense, "I go", is a habitual tense. "I go to the mall" means I tend to go to the mall. It's something I regularly do. And that's at best awkward in this sentence. If it were "I read a book on my computer screen every Wednesday", that would be perfectly ambiguous.
I put in "Mi legas libron je la ekrano de mia komputilo." and it was marked incorrect. I've reported it as a possible correct answer, but was wondering if I actually am wrong. If so, why?
why libron and not libro, also why not komputilon rather than komputilo ?
I guess I do not understand the 'n' ending.
