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sergejm (Mostra il profilo) 10 gennaio 2008 14:00:09
as 'power'.
Do you think 'povo' always is translated 'power'?
Let's look Oxford dictionary for 'power'.
1. ability to do or act == 'povo'.
2. (pl) faculty of the body or mind == 'povoj'
3. strength, force == 'forto'
4. energy or force that can be uzed to do work == 'povo' (mesure:W), 'forto' (N), 'kurento' (A)
5. right, control, autority == 'potenco'
etc.
Miland (Mostra il profilo) 10 gennaio 2008 14:22:22
sergejm:Do you think 'povo' always is translated 'power'.By coincidence, I just had a letter from an experienced British E-ist who said that 'power' in the sense of electric power or authority is better translated potenco , whereas povo or kapablo relate to the ability to do something. Thus 'electric power' is elektra potenco , but 'I can do it' is Mi povas (or kapablas) fari tion.
mnlg (Mostra il profilo) 16 gennaio 2008 08:32:42
erinja:I can feel free to invent a new suffix -aĥ-, meaning "to do something while feeling a great sense of dismay"Incidentally, this would make monks feel quite awkward
(monaĥoj) 
taneli (Mostra il profilo) 19 gennaio 2008 09:42:08
billpatt1942:Actually, the "an-" in "anion" comes from the Greek prefix "ana-", etymologically meaning "up". In front of a vowel, both "a-" and "ana-" become "an-".
Hope this is helpful. I don't mean to be pedantic, but I am anywayDitto.
Oŝo-Jabe (Mostra il profilo) 19 gennaio 2008 22:56:29
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