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WereVrock-tól, 2015. július 17.

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WereVrock (Profil megtekintése) 2015. július 17. 11:41:50

I've seen "scivola" used to mean "curious". The meaning is pretty obvious. It is "sci + vol + a" which means someone who wants to know.

Can I conjoin these compound words myself or I can only use the previously existing compound words?

Can I just conjoin them myself just like I derive new words?

venvola: someone who wants to come.

irvola: someone who wants to go

dormvola: someone who wants to sleep

etc.

Mustelvulpo (Profil megtekintése) 2015. július 17. 12:56:56

Any two roots can be combined. The question is whether your compounds will be understood in the way you intend. I understand irvola and venvola but they are not common usage. If I saw them in text or heard them in speech, I'd need to pause to decipher the meaning. "Li volas veni" registers much more quickly than "Li estas venvola." To me "dormema" seems a better choice to describe someone who wants to sleep.

Tempodivalse (Profil megtekintése) 2015. július 17. 12:57:37

Can I conjoin these compound words myself or I can only use the previously existing compound words?

Can I just conjoin them myself just like I derive new words?
In general, there aren't any restrictions on compounding as long as you are following the compounding rules, and the sum of the compound word is readily comprehensible.
It is "sci + vol + a" which means someone who wants to know.
More accurately, this compound breaks down as "having the property (-a) of wanting (vol-) knowledge/to know (sci-) ". It doesn't have to refer to a "someone", per se.

I don't see anything obviously inappropriate with your examples, though most people would not express themselves this way. Instead of vol/, often the concept is expressed with the suffix -em. So: dormema, for instance (though I've not seen irema or venema).

Often the compound is less clear than splitting it up into two or more words, like with a participle: so, volanta iri, or volanta veni.

orthohawk (Profil megtekintése) 2015. július 17. 12:59:26

WereVrock:I've seen "scivola" used to mean "curious". The meaning is pretty obvious. It is "sci + vol + a" which means someone who wants to know.

Can I conjoin these compound words myself or I can only use the previously existing compound words?

Can I just conjoin them myself just like I derive new words?

venvola: someone who wants to come.

irvola: someone who wants to go

dormvola: someone who wants to sleep

etc.
Theoretically one could use such compounds but the more "esoteric" it is the more likely it is that they'll be seen only in e.g. poetry for a specific reason.
OTOH, it's stuff like this that makes Esperanto the unique and expressive language that it is. ridulo.gif

WereVrock (Profil megtekintése) 2015. július 17. 18:23:32

Thanks for the clarification

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