{"id":9,"date":"2009-03-23T15:39:57","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T19:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/?p=9"},"modified":"2009-03-23T15:39:57","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T19:39:57","slug":"non-intuitive-opposites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/non-intuitive-opposites\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Intuitive Opposites"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can essentially double your Esperanto vocabulary simply by using the prefix “mal-<\/strong>.” Unlike in English “mal-” does not indicate negativity; it simply means that the word containing the prefix must be treated as its opposite. It does not work for nouns, necessarily – “malviro” does not mean “woman,” for example. You would use “malvarma<\/strong>” to mean “cool” or “cold,” or “malfacila<\/strong>” for “difficult.”<\/p>\n

You might encounter some humorous opposites when you apply “mal-” to verbs. The verb “trinki<\/strong>” means “to drink.” So what exactly does “maltrinki<\/strong>,” or “to un-drink” mean? Well…This is something you would do in the lavatory…<\/p>\n

Building new words with Esperanto can be easy, but be careful about what you end up creating!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can essentially double your Esperanto vocabulary simply by using the prefix “mal-.” Unlike in English “mal-” does not indicate negativity; it simply means that the word containing the prefix must be treated as its opposite. It does not work for nouns, necessarily – “malviro” does not mean “woman,” for example. You would use “malvarma”…<\/p>\n

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