NationStates Jolt Archive


Esperanto speakers

ChuChulainn
20-08-2005, 19:35
Are there any NS esperanto speakers that can help explain the use of cxi (i'm using "cx" to indicate an accented "c")

I understand that its a correlative to indicate all members of a group but what is its purpose in sentences such as:

Kio estas cxi tio?

or

Cxi tio estas besto

Why does cxi need to be included at all when, in the first sentence, "Kio" means "what, what thing" and "tio" means "this"? It seems like all parts of the sentence are covered by Kio estas tio and I cant figure out why cxi is included at all.
ChuChulainn
20-08-2005, 19:50
Anyone at all?
Dontgonearthere
20-08-2005, 19:53
*points*
Esperanto is silly :P
ChuChulainn
20-08-2005, 19:53
*points*
Esperanto is silly :P

Silly...........LIKE A FOX
Saxnot
20-08-2005, 20:06
More people speak Klingon. What did you expect? :p
ChuChulainn
20-08-2005, 20:08
More people speak Klingon. What did you expect? :p

I live in hope
Dontgonearthere
20-08-2005, 20:16
Silly...........LIKE A FOX
AUGH!
Your superior wit has defeated me!
I cannot stand against the Simpsons quote! alas!
*implodes*
Letila
20-08-2005, 20:23
Are there any NS esperanto speakers that can help explain the use of cxi (i'm using "cx" to indicate an accented "c")

I think it's used to make the sentence a question, but I'm not a big fan of Esperanto and I'm only somewhat familiar with it, so you may want to take that with a grain of salt.

Right now, I'm working on a constructed language for socialist ideas.
Dontgonearthere
20-08-2005, 20:24
I think it's used to make the sentence a question, but I'm not a big fan of Esperanto and I'm only somewhat familiar with it, so you may want to take that with a grain of salt.

Right now, I'm working on a constructed language for socialist ideas.
Newspeak?
Sorry :P
New Genoa
20-08-2005, 20:33
Newspeak?
Sorry :P

You're not the first to call Socialese Newspeak. :D
Letila
20-08-2005, 20:34
You're not the first to call Socialese Newspeak.

How do you know about my project Socialese? I guess it's much more well-known than I thought it was. All this time, I thought it was only known on one obscure forum.
New Genoa
20-08-2005, 21:02
How do you know about my project Socialese? I guess it's much more well-known than I thought it was. All this time, I thought it was only known on one obscure forum.

I'm on #almea with you basically
Letila
20-08-2005, 21:23
I'm on #almea with you basically

Damn, so you know all my secrets. Who are you on #almea?
ChuChulainn
20-08-2005, 21:52
I think it's used to make the sentence a question, but I'm not a big fan of Esperanto and I'm only somewhat familiar with it, so you may want to take that with a grain of salt.

Right now, I'm working on a constructed language for socialist ideas.

Nope thats Cxu but thanks for the help anyway