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Translation: "dumb down"

од Miland, 05. јул 2015.

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sudanglo (Погледати профил) 08. јул 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 (Погледати профил) 08. јул 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 (Погледати профил) 08. јул 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 (Погледати профил) 08. јул 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 (Погледати профил) 08. јул 2015. 19.25.57

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

erinja (Погледати профил) 08. јул 2015. 19.36.59

Never heard of "ifi" before now.

Kirilo81 (Погледати профил) 08. јул 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 (Погледати профил) 09. јул 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 (Погледати профил) 10. јул 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 (Погледати профил) 11. јул 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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