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From: donh@netcom.com (Don HARLOW)
Subject: Re: One point against Esperanto
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philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk skribis en lastatempa afisxo <796083512snz@storcomp.demon.co.uk>:
>In article <donhD5vAIE.rD@netcom.com> donh@netcom.com "Don HARLOW" writes:
>> food (which nourishes) = nutrajxo
>> food (which you eat) = mangxajxo
>> At least in the United States, there is little overlap between the two terms.
>
>I don't know what you mean here. If you means that in most places where
>someone uses "nutrajxo" they wouldn't use "mangxajxo", and vice versa, 
>then I am confused, since most of what I eat is nutricious, therefore
>being a member of both categories.
> 
Then you are in the very fortunate situation of being able to use 
whichever word you feel like using at the moment. (Or of choosing your 
word to emphasize whichever point you feel like emphasizing at the moment.)

>> In another posting, Konrad Hinsen points out that you really should learn 
>> Esperanto terms by their definitions, not by their supposed English 
>> equivalents. This is almost an absolute necessity for words like "droni" 
>> = "to drown" -- unless you learn that "droni" = "sufokigxi en fluidajxo", 
>> you will probably never figure out why "mi dronis" is right and "mi 
>> dronis la katidojn" is wrong.
>
>Is the correct form "mi dronigis la katidojn"?
> 
Jes, precize.

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