"Welcome to our home!"

Translation: Bonvenon ĉe ni!

[talideon]

Ah! So 'cxe' behaves just like 'chez' in French. Good to know.

[srulir]

Welcome at us?

[danielqsc]

"Esti ĉe iu" (literraly, to be at someone) means to be at someone's home.

[DominicSal294966]

So weird. I gave up and put that as the answer so that it woodmarket wrong and I would see what the correct answer is. To my surprise it was actually right...

[DominicSal294966]

*would mark it wrong

<h1>autocorrect</h1>

[cwsparrow]

No need to change it. It's totally the Esperanto way. Ĝi estas iomete avant garde. Sed ne gravas.

[deactivated user]

I haven't tried it, but I think "Bovenon al nia hejmo" ( a direct, word-for-word translation) should be accepted. By the way, I like your "woodmarket"!

[HitoMem]

I still don't understand what ĉe means and why we're using it instead of something like al nia.

[ThibaultLa728530]

Hi, I'm French and "cxe" seems similar to the French word "chez", which means "to/at the home of". For example, "cxe Sofia" means "to Sofia's home", and "cxe ni" means "to our home". I think "al nia" would mean "to our", which would be confusing because it could be "to our home", "to our car", "to our boat"... I guess "Bonvenon al nia domo" would work, but it's longer than "Bonvenon cxe ni" and, if "cxe" works as "chez" in French, it could seem less familiar, less friendly, as if it is a house and not a home (sorry I don't know how to explain it clearly

[PaulDeNice1]

chez nous (ok I understand) "cxe ni", but the other alternate answer still looked ok to me too!

[Rgerst]

I'm posting this comment because I want to follow this discussion, but there mobile app won't let me

[SeanYu9]

why can't i just say "bonvenon al nia hejmo"?

[Faramond]

This looks suspiciously similar to "Bienvenue chez nous!" Is this intentional?

[danielqsc]

Yes! Ĉe works exactly the same as chez here.

[Salvesen]

Why is "bonvenon ni ĉe" wrong?

[deactivated user]

Although word order is fairly flexible, it is not normal to have ĉe at the end of a sentence.

[Salvesen]

So I guess it is one of those "just cause' types of reasons. Dankon

[KillTheFuture]

No, it's not a weird exception. "Ĉe" is a preposition. Literally a pre-position. It begins the prepositional phrase "ĉe ni."

You wouldn't say in English that you put the cup "the table on:" you'd say you put it "on the table." This is the same idea.

[Serhii455108]

If "ĉe" means direction to us, then should be "ĉe nin", why not?

[deactivated user]

It doesn't necessarily mean direction. It is used to mean "at our house" (and similar expressions) too.