Dear Sir,—I was much interested to see, in the January Gazette, a short article by Esperantisto 8105 on the Esperanto rendering of the preposition "of," and I am sure that many of us found the information therein very useful. The gifted author of our language has told us that "ĉiu prepozicio havas difinitan kaj konstantan signifon"; it is of the utmost importance, therefore, that we should endeavour to find out what prepositions in our national languages correspond with those he has selected. With this object I hope from time to time, as the Editor may permit, to give lists of sentences, illustrating curious usages, not only of prepositions, but also of other words which offer difficulty to English-speaking peoples.
The following phrases deal with the preposition "By."
BY.
| He is loved by all his friends, | Li estas amata de ĉiuj siaj amikoj. |
| He was holding him by the neck by (or with) both hands, | Li tenadis lin je la kolo per ambaŭ manoj. |
| The little boy returned home quite by himself, | La knabeto revenis domen tute per si mem. |
| He left the town by a by-way, | Li eliris la urbon per flanka vojeto. |
| I want to stand by mother, | Mi volus stari apud la patrino. |
| I stood by while he talked with his friend, | Mi staris apude, dum li paroladis kun sia amiko. |
| Not even a mouse ran by, | Eĉ muso ne preterkuris. |
| In this minute two ladies passed us, | En tiu ĉi minuto iris preter ni du sinjorinoj. |
| I went by the windows of the house, | Mi iris preter la fenestroj de la domo. |
| I am remaining here by the advice of my doctor, | Mi restadas tie ĉi laŭ la konsilo de mia kuracisto. |
Esperantist 7809.
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