Topic: Esperanto

"Sofia serĉis ĉie, sed ne povis trovi sian amikon."

Translation:Sofia searched everywhere, but could not find her friend.

July 17, 2015

14 Comments

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Kio fariĝis al Adamo??

July 17, 2015
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/zubiz

    Why is not "Sofia serĉis ĉien, ..." ?

    December 24, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/HWF10

      Because it's not about direction...

      December 28, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/zubiz

        Well, I was asking why ĉien is not in the accusative. The search was performed upon everything. Just like saying "mi serĉas vin".

        December 28, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/HWF10

          The accusative shows the direct object, so it shows WHAT Sofia is searching. "Everywhere" indicates WHERE sofia was searching and not WHAT. Correlatives finished in "e" just are used in the accusative when they indicate direction.

          December 29, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/zubiz

            Perfectly helpful. Thanks, and enjoy your lingot.

            December 29, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/HWF10

              ;)

              December 29, 2015
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Randybvain
              • 644

              But she searched a place so it is a direct object, isn't it?

              June 23, 2019
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Cavman144

                I could have sworn that the top comment would be: ":(".

                May 11, 2016
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Tebis11

                  Ĉar Adamo ne estas ŝia amiko. Li estas ŝia koramiko!

                  January 15, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Tsvi_

                    Jes li estas [^sia amiko]. Vi havas ne kialo diri, ke Adamo estas ^sia koramiko.

                    March 18, 2018
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Tsvi_

                      Ne!! Adamo!!

                      April 2, 2018
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/http.___31264516

                        Mi ne povis skribi la lastan vorton ĉar ĝi mi ne povis vidi kaj alklaki ĝin. Ĝi estis en tria linio.

                        May 11, 2018
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ponola

                          I'm probably gonna start a bad thing here but... The pronoun is "sia". So, in this sentence, there wasn't any grammatically correct way to use a gendered pronoun to refer to "Sofia". I had to understand that Sofia is a woman in order to correctly translate the sentence into English. I just really wanted to point that out, it just seems noteworthy for whomever it may concern.

                          November 24, 2018

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