Topic: Esperanto

"Her baby often puts its fingers into its mouth."

Translation:Ŝia bebo ofte metas siajn fingrojn en la buŝon.

July 31, 2015

9 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Druif

    Is this also allowed: "Ŝia bebo ofte metas siajn fingrojn en sian buŝon." (a second "sian" instead of "la")?

    July 31, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/vikungen

      Yes.

      July 31, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/Lohnesinpr

        Why is it its mouth and not the mouth

        September 13, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/PatriciaJH
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        • 380

        Because "la" automatically means his/hers/its for body parts and family members (takes the possessive.) It's like Spanish. If there we had "la patro" or "la fratino" or "la praavo" those would all belong to the baby too.

        September 19, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/thepepisin
        • 980

        Why not "Sxia bebo ofte metas gxiajn fingrojn en la busxon"?

        June 28, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/BGXCB

          Are siajn and la interchangable, or must they be used in that order?

          February 27, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/salivanto
          • 1184

          I would have said "la" in both cases.

          I recently answered a similar question on Stack Exchange.

          http://esperanto.stackexchange.com/questions/3016/%C4%88u-oni-uzu-la-a%C5%AD-mia-kiam-oni-parolas-pri-siaj-propraj-korpopartoj

          March 10, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/KingLaSerna
          • 15

          Why is busxo accusative

          January 29, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/salivanto
          • 1184

          Motion towards location.

          I've written a complete explanation in a recent blog post.

          https://blogs.transparent.com/esperanto/keys-to-understanding-esperanto-prepositions/

          January 29, 2018
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