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Translation: "dumb down"

Miland :lta, 5. heinäkuuta 2015

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Kieli: English

sudanglo (Näytä profiilli) 8. heinäkuuta 2015 10.35.34

jefusan:Porstultuligi?
This goes a long way to capturing the meaning of dumbing down.

However, Altebrilas's post suggests another possibility - kretenigi.

By the way, what has happened to 'ifi'. Wasn't that in an earlier version of PIV for use when -ig -um or -iz don't quite hit the mark.

Which sounds better:

Kretenigo de la televido
Kretenizo de la televido
Kretenumo de la televido
Kretenifo de la televido

yyaann (Näytä profiilli) 8. heinäkuuta 2015 10.51.00

sudanglo:Which sounds better:

Kretenigo de la televido
Kretenizo de la televido
Kretenumo de la televido
Kretenifo de la televido
Definitely kretenigo as -ig- is the most widely understood and undebated suffix.

Tempodivalse (Näytä profiilli) 8. heinäkuuta 2015 11.08.52

By the way, what has happened to 'ifi'.
What is "ifi" ?? Does this have something to do with the English -ify or Italian -ificare?

I don't see why we normally need anything other than -ig. -iz might be helpful in technical contexts, sure. But -ifi? What does it do that's substantially different? This sounds like another Ido-esque suffix with no real additional value ...

Breto (Näytä profiilli) 8. heinäkuuta 2015 17.51.17

jefusan:Porstultuligi?
Oooh, I like that one. Reminds me of those "For Dummies" books.

sudanglo:By the way, what has happened to 'ifi'. Wasn't that in an earlier version of PIV for use when -ig -um or -iz don't quite hit the mark.
I'm not sure I've ever encountered "ifi" prior to your use of it in this thread. Then again, I'm not as well-read as most.

DuckFiasco (Näytä profiilli) 8. heinäkuuta 2015 19.25.57

jefusan:Porstultuligi?
This one made me smile ridulo.gif

erinja (Näytä profiilli) 8. heinäkuuta 2015 19.36.59

Never heard of "ifi" before now.

Kirilo81 (Näytä profiilli) 8. heinäkuuta 2015 20.15.29

ifi AFAIK is "fari ion -o", while igi is "fari ion -a" and izi "provizi ion per -o", but it never came into use, maybe it's from Ido?

Simon_Gauvain (Näytä profiilli) 9. heinäkuuta 2015 13.12.29

"A-level Mathematics has been dumbed down since I was at school."
A-nivela matematiko fariĝis stulte/ridinde simpla de post mia lernado.

Miland (Näytä profiilli) 10. heinäkuuta 2015 19.38.55

My thanks for all the suggestions. Personally I might favour Richard Hall's trofaciligi or Rolnik's trosimpligi for what is happening. One suggestion for its use might be Ekde kiam mi estis lernejano, oni trofaciligis la antaŭuniversitatan/abiturientan matematikan instruprogamon.

richardhall (Näytä profiilli) 11. heinäkuuta 2015 20.50.08

Miland:Personally I might favour Richard Hall's trofaciligi or Rolnik's trosimpligi for what is happening.
Thanks - you've no idea the smile that gave me!

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