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Sentence #677558

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 Objectivesea Objectivesea August 22, 2016 August 22, 2016 at 4:57:13 PM UTC link Permalink

Lacking a subject, this is not a sentence. Also, a "the" is usual. Let's change this to:


We're keeping up with the Joneses.

DJ_Saidez DJ_Saidez November 15, 2021 November 15, 2021 at 8:12:48 PM UTC link Permalink

Bump

CK CK November 16, 2021 November 16, 2021 at 3:55:09 AM UTC link Permalink

@Objectivesea

Is the Esperanto also not a complete sentence?
If so, maybe we should delete this series and you could start a new one with "We're keeping up with the Joneses."

CK CK November 16, 2021, edited November 16, 2021 November 16, 2021 at 3:57:03 AM UTC, edited November 16, 2021 at 3:57:24 AM UTC link Permalink

Note that we already have a couple of "keeping up with the Joneses" sentences.

https://tatoeba.org/en/sentence...eep+up+Joneses

Objectivesea Objectivesea November 16, 2021 November 16, 2021 at 4:21:37 AM UTC link Permalink

Thanks for flagging this, CK. Yes, the English is a fragment, but the Esperanto is in fact a proverb: "Like one (has it), just so with us." (We want the same things our neighbour has.)

CK CK November 16, 2021 November 16, 2021 at 4:25:55 AM UTC link Permalink

I think we should, then, delete this one, and let you add a better English translation to the Esperanto.

Does that sound OK?

CK CK November 16, 2021 November 16, 2021 at 4:29:50 AM UTC link Permalink

Proverb match for the Esperanto maybe.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/494222

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #648522Kiel oni, tiel ĉe ni..

Keeping up with Joneses.

added by salikh, December 21, 2010
➜ #648522Kiel oni, tiel ĉe ni.

linked by salikh, December 21, 2010