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malantau vs. post vs. sekva

od topeka1965, 15 marca 2017

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Język: English

topeka1965 (Pokaż profil) 15 marca 2017, 01:14:52

I was digging into the meaning of "antaŭ", and my current understanding is that "antaŭ" covers every contextual meaning of the English word "before". It can mean before in time, or in front of. The standard Esperanto word for "previous" seems to be "antaŭa". I thought I had a handle on this, but then I noticed that "antaŭ" has a "mal-" version. If "antaŭa" means "previous", why isn't "malantaŭa" "next"? Similarly, if "antaŭ" means "before in time", why does Esperanto have "post" rather than just using "malantaŭ"? What's the difference between "malantaŭ", "post" and "sekva", and why have all three?

Thanks in advance,

Richard

bartlett22183 (Pokaż profil) 15 marca 2017, 18:55:35

The language of this thread is English. rollykelson's response seems to be in FInnish, although I am not certain (perhaps Estonian?). If a thread on lernu! begins in Language XYZ, then all responses should be in Language XYZ. There are multiple opportunities for threads to be in multiple languages.

topeka1965 (Pokaż profil) 15 marca 2017, 18:59:03

It is Finnish, and it's also spam. ridulo.gif I can't delete it, though.

ba200ka (Pokaż profil) 16 marca 2017, 20:18:22

Seems to me there is slight semantic difference:

post - after (time, space)
malantaŭ - behind (place)
Have a look at the ReVo entry for post

sekva is a diferent word and imply a sequence. Thus "antaŭa" is an antonym because it carries the sense of ordered sequence just like in time.
Clearly "malantaŭ" is not interchangeable because it has nothing to do with the concept of time.
By the same logic, "Posta" however could be used as a sub for sekva.

Hope it helps

matiac (Pokaż profil) 20 marca 2017, 21:07:17

topeka1965:It is Finnish, and it's also spam. ridulo.gif I can't delete it, though.
Finnish spam that sounds deliciousridulo.gif

amigueo (Pokaż profil) 27 marca 2017, 13:06:05

tempo: sekva, post, malpost, (ne)inter, ĉirkaŭ, depost, demalpost, en, ĉiu tri minutoj
spaco: antaŭ, malantaŭ, inter, ĉirkaŭ, ĉiu tri metroj

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