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List of modern esperanto words that would not be in a 1992 dictionary?

fra AlanLadd13,2013 11 11

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AlanLadd13 (Å vise profilen) 2013 11 11 04:55:41

Hi,

I am new to this forum and just posted before about the pasporta servo program so hopefully I haven't annoyed anyone here yet.
I hope to learn Esperanto as fluently as I can and I have made a commitment to doing this.
I have ordered several books even used copies of out of print ones which include:

Teach Yourself Esperanto by JC Wells
Esperanto Dictionary by JC Wells
Marvinstrato by Tim Westover
Esperanto Learning and Using the International Language by David Richardson
Faktoj kaj Fantazioj by Marjarie Boulton
Esperanto English dictionary by Montague Butler (heard a lot of good things about this one!)

Unfortunately when I ordered the Wells dictionary I ordered a used copy of the 1992 reprint instead of the 2010 updated version,
Instead of buying the 2010 version I was wondering if anyone here could give me a list of modern Esperanto words and what they mean in English that would not be in the 1992 dictionary?
It doesn't have to be every new term but basic new words like internet, cell phone and texting would be great.
Thank You

sudanglo (Å vise profilen) 2013 11 11 14:46:01

As I understand it the Teach Yourself Wells dictionary was continuously reprinted without a new edition from 1969 onwards, so there could be quite few modern terms missing. However you will still find it useful.

You can access the 2005 edition of PIV for free online at Vortaro.net, use your Lernu name and password to sign in.

erinja (Å vise profilen) 2013 11 11 16:52:18

It isn't possible to give a list of every word that has changed; someone would need to go through the entire dictionary!

You can use the lernu dictionary to look up words you don't know - I just looked up cell phone and it gave me the correct word, which is poŝtelefono. Anything that you can't find in the lernu dictionary or in your old Wells, just ask here in the forum. You won't annoy anyone simply by asking, people are pretty friendly and helpful here.

kaŝperanto (Å vise profilen) 2013 11 11 18:22:19

I agree it is not feasible to give you a list of every word that has been added since an arbitrary year. However, unless you have very limited access to a computer I don't see much point to owning a paper dictionary. The dictionary here on Lernu!, the PIV (Plena Ilustrita Vortaro), the Reta Vortaro, and ESPDIC are four good dictionaries to choose from. I find that sometimes one of them has a word the others lack, so it is good to learn to use them all.

The time saved by using a computer dictionary significant compared to leafing through a paper dictionary, but an alphabetized list is still useful.

Welcome to the club.

AlanLadd13 (Å vise profilen) 2013 11 11 19:58:28

kaŝperanto:I agree it is not feasible to give you a list of every word that has been added since an arbitrary year. However, unless you have very limited access to a computer I don't see much point to owning a paper dictionary. The dictionary here on Lernu!, the PIV (Plena Ilustrita Vortaro), the Reta Vortaro, and ESPDIC are four good dictionaries to choose from. I find that sometimes one of them has a word the others lack, so it is good to learn to use them all.

The time saved by using a computer dictionary significant compared to leafing through a paper dictionary, but an alphabetized list is still useful.

Welcome to the club.
No problem. I will use the online dictionaries for finding words not in the older print editions.

sudanglo (Å vise profilen) 2013 11 12 12:34:12

You can use the lernu dictionary to look up words you don't know - I just looked up cell phone and it gave me the correct word, which is poŝtelefono
It also gives the correct translation for 'mobile' (in case you don't understand American).

Moosader (Å vise profilen) 2013 11 12 12:34:36

http://komputeko.net/ will at least give you computer terms.

noelekim (Å vise profilen) 2013 11 13 04:18:29

AlanLadd13:

I was wondering if anyone here could give me a list of modern Esperanto words and what they mean in English that would not be in the 1992 dictionary?
Here's a useful link worth saving:
eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperantaj_vortaroj_en_la_reto#Angla

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