"The night is purple."

Translation: La nokto estas violkolora.

[CeciEstLaVie]

I tried 'purpura' out of curiosity (and also not feeling like hitting my shortcut to switch to Esperanto keyboard this time) and it worked. :)

[LEster95]

That's good to know

[Raztastic]

I think that Duo might be tripping on something.

[Cantaloupe2]

If you've lived close to a city, you'd say "La nokto estas viokolora."

[IsaiahRawl]

So it is ok to say viola in place of violkolora, good to know.

[kcirehikari88]

Can we use vespero instead of nokto? Sorry if my question is dumb. :(

[Raztastic]

In context, maybe. In a translation, no. "Vespero" means "evening", and it comes from the Latin word "vesper". "Nokto" means "night", and it comes from the Latin word "noctis".

[Juna28]

I still have great problems woth endings when is it a or o or n... like why is it Nokton and when it is not... is there any rule one could get explained?

[EmilyRasputin]

Nokto means it is the subject of the sentence, while nokton means it is the object. In this case, the sentence is describing the night as a subject, so it is nokto.

[raisinbransurl]

Bonvenon... Al Night Vale

[AnthonyDavis33]

Im a bit confused why its not "la nokton estas violkolora".

[NotWaje]

"Nokton" is only used when "night" is the driect object of a sentence. In this case, there is no direct object. A direct object would be like "ŝi legas libron". Its happening to a book, not just describing how the book is. "Nokton" would be for something like "a scream pierced the night", which i don't know how to say in Esperanto.

[jimnice]

Dankon al vi, Vincento! http://rlv.zcache.com/purple_green_starry_night_famous_vincent_van_gogh_poster-r273b88363df947aa97ea8311dd8c2c30_ir5tk_8byvr_1024.jpg