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Formation of a compound word in Esperanto

by rajomishoro, January 30, 2012

Messages: 16

Language: English

rajomishoro (User's profile) January 31, 2012, 2:31:52 PM

darkweasel:mia lingva taglibro
How about,
"Mia langove skriba langova taglibro",
OR
"Mia langove skriba langovtaglibro"?

EldanarLambetur (User's profile) January 31, 2012, 3:10:11 PM

rajomishoro:
darkweasel:mia lingva taglibro
How about,
"Mia langove skriba langova taglibro",
OR
"Mia langove skriba langovtaglibro"?
What is "langove"?

Sounds like "with a tongue-egg (egg of tongues?)"

From lang-ovo ?

raffadalbo (User's profile) January 31, 2012, 3:28:19 PM

rajomishoro:
darkweasel:mia lingva taglibro
How about,
"Mia langove skriba langova taglibro",
OR
"Mia langove skriba langovtaglibro"?
Maybe: "mia lingvoskribata lingvotaglibro".

(I would recommend the present participle "-ata", which roughly matches "being written".)
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rajomishoro (User's profile) January 31, 2012, 5:51:41 PM

EldanarLambetur:
rajomishoro:
darkweasel:mia lingva taglibro
How about,
"Mia langove skriba langova taglibro",
OR
"Mia langove skriba langovtaglibro"?
What is "langove"?

Sounds like "with a tongue-egg (egg of tongues?)"

From lang-ovo ?
I am sorry!
It was a spelling mistake.

EldanarLambetur (User's profile) January 31, 2012, 6:06:40 PM

rajomishoro:
I am sorry!
It was a spelling mistake.
No sorry necessary; I was amused by the mental imagery ridego.gif

Grown (User's profile) June 20, 2016, 10:43:41 AM

Do you mean World Book Day?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Book_Day

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