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#3Esperanto by Kimura
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Via universo estas tre granda. Mi flugas ĉie kaj povas tuŝi ĉio.
Du okuloj perceptas vin. Ili perceptas ĉion ili vidas, kaj aplaŭdegi kaj suspiri.
Mi desiras ami kaj havi ĉio, kaj povas agi ĉio tuj.
Tutegale kio pejzaĝo mi vidas, ne estas sufiĉa, via giganta mundo postiras vin ĉie.

Your universe is very big. I fly everywhere and can touch all.
Two eyes find you. They find everything they see, and cheer and sigh.
I want to love and have everything, and can do everything immediately.
No matter what landscape I see, it is not enough, your giant world follows you everywhere.

Leksiko (vocab):

  • O-vortoj (nouns):
    • Ĉio: all, everything
    • Mundo: world
    • Okulo: eye
    • Pejzaĝo: landscape
    • Universo: universe
  • Verboj (verbs) (shown in present tense):
    • Agas: to do
    • Amas: to love
    • Aplaŭdegas: to cheer, to applaud
    • Desiras: to want
    • Estas: is, to be
    • Flugas: to fly
    • Havas: to have
    • Perceptas: to find, to perceive
    • Postiras: to follow
    • Povas: can, to be able to
    • Suspiras: to sigh
    • Tuŝas: to touch
    • Vidas: to see
  • A-vortoj (adjectives):
    • Giganta: giant
    • Granda: big
    • Sufiĉa: enough, sufficient
  • Alia vortoj (other words):
    • Ĉie: everywhere
    • Du: two
    • Kaj: and
    • Kio: what
    • Tre: very
    • Tuj: immediately
    • Tutegale: no matter

Gramatiko (grammar):

  • Nouns end in -o. Adjectives end in -a. In many cases, a noun can be "adjectivified" and vice versa by swapping the ending.
  • Adverbs end in -e, and follow the same rules as adjectives.
  • Plurals are formed by adding -j to the end. If a noun is plural, so is its adjective(s).
  • Direct objects (accusative, what is acted upon) end in -n. Adjective(s) applying to the direct object must also have an -n applied. If plural, the -n goes after the -j (so "pomojn" is "apples" as a direct object).
  • Basic pronouns:
    • mi: I
    • vi: you
    • li: he
    • ŝi: she
    • ĝi: it
    • ni: we
    • ili: they
  • Possessive pronouns are formed by adding -a like an adjective ("mia" is "my", "via" is "your", etc). Accusative ending also applies, both to basic and possessive pronouns.
  • Verb endings:
    • -as: present tense
    • -is: past tense
    • -os: future tense
    • -us: conditional
    • -u: command
    • -i: infinitive (also used to chain verbs together, like "povas lerni" is "can learn")

(...And not that it matters for a text-based relay, but if you're wondering, "j" is actually pronounced like an english "y". If you want an actual english "j" sound, you need "ĝ", the G with a hat on it.)