
Do you have a pen? - Yes, I have it.
It should be either:
"Do you have a pen?" "Yes, I have one."
or:
"Do you have the pen?" "Yes, I have it."
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I agree that "it" sounds a little strange, but I would argue that the root of the issue is because of the way that the Esperanto is written. I will change to "one".
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Ĉu mi povas rekomendi citilojn? Mi esperas, ke ankaŭ Rado ŝanĝos sian frazon en Esperanto. 🙂
Do you have a pen? - Yes, I have one. → "Do you have a pen?" "Yes, I have one."
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Ni tre kore bonvenigas vin al Tatoeba, Don!
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Changed after two weeks with no response.
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