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Hints and Tips

by NJ Esperantist, October 15, 2013

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Language: English

NJ Esperantist (User's profile) October 15, 2013, 11:29:19 PM

I'm trying to figure out how to call something in Esperanto. In the world of hobbies a lot of times fellow hobbyists might offer a tip on how a process in a given hobby might be performed. The tip is usually aimed at making a process simpler, easier or faster, or able to be performed without buying a specialized tool.

The nearest I've figured out is informeto (a tiny piece of information) or konsileto (a little bit of advice). It might even be called a trick. Maybe lertaĵo? (a small bit of cleverness)?

eojeff (User's profile) October 16, 2013, 1:08:34 AM

After reading your post I thought maybe informero might work. But, after further consideration I don't that would work. There are smaller units of useful information than a tip. Though, I might suggest helpeto--a small bit of help. What do you think?

Jeff

Nile (User's profile) October 16, 2013, 1:48:42 AM

Maybe konsileto?

RiotNrrd (User's profile) October 16, 2013, 4:57:00 AM

Informero is not right, but the other suggestions are all good.

An -eto is just a small thing. An -ero is explicitly a piece of a larger thing. So, to me, unless you are talking about (and kind of underscoring) a tiny part of some large corpus of knowledge, a tip is definitely more of an -eto.

NJ Esperantist (User's profile) October 16, 2013, 10:12:02 AM

eojeff:After reading your post I thought maybe informero might work. But, after further consideration I don't that would work. There are smaller units of useful information than a tip. Though, I might suggest helpeto--a small bit of help. What do you think?

Jeff
I think helpeto might be the best choice. Tips basically help one do a task. Konsileto might do for hint in this instance. Thus 'Hints and Tips' could be called 'Etaj Helpoj kaj Konsiloj'. That rolls off my tongue better than 'Helpetoj kaj Konsiletoj'.

sudanglo (User's profile) October 16, 2013, 11:18:51 AM

Ekzistas diversaj pli aŭ malpli sukcespromesaj trukoj por solvi la problemon (el la Tekstaro)

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