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"Se mi havus multe da mono, mi estus riĉa!"
Translation:If I had a lot of money, I would be rich!
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se mi estus ricxa viro. la-la la-la la-la la-la la-la la~ se mi havus cxiun monon en la mondo, mi estus RICXA~ VIROOOO~O!
I'm a little confused about would vs could with the -us stem. Is there a firm distinction?
I think English muddies up the distinction a bit. From what I understand, you can generally assume a -us word is a "would".
- Estus = Would be
- Dirus = Would say
- Havus = Would have
- Ŝatus = Would like to
- Devus = Would have to (Should)
- Povus = Would be able to (Could)
But it can also be translated to a past tense word. Like in this case, Havus became Had. This seems most often to be when the word 'Se' is used. So "If I had" and "I would have" would be the different translations of "Se mi havus" and "Mi havus".
Mi volas diri, "I can speak Esperanto, and listen to and understand it." Sxajnas al mi, gi estus, "Mi povas parolus Esperanto, kaj auskultus kaj komprenus gin." Cxu gi estas gxusta?
Think of it as being like the Spanish subjunctive (or conditional). In English, the subjunctive barely exists, which is why we often find it so confusing.
Ĉu ne "Se mi havus miliono dolaroj" simila la kanton? Tiu estus pli Duolingo.
Se mi havus miliono de dolaroj, mi aĉetus verdan robon por vi.
Sed ne estus vera verda robo - tro kruela!
I keep writing "If I had a lot of money, then I would be rich!", I keep getting marked wrong, and I keep reporting it.
I'll keep reporting it until it's accepted because it's a valid translation.
Odd, this time I wrote "then I'd be rich!" and Duo said that "I'd" should be "i'd", that's clearly wrong.
Mi havus unu longa sxtuparo jxus iri supren kay unu pli longa iri malsupren kaj unu pli iri nenien jxus por montri.
