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Feliĉa Mezvintro?

by Borgo, December 25, 2009

Messages: 38

Language: English

Borgo (User's profile) December 25, 2009, 4:33:17 PM

I wanted to say Happy Solstice but I couldn't find a word for it. Would mezvintro be appropriate? Or, maybe something like sunrevenado?

Frankouche (User's profile) December 25, 2009, 4:37:30 PM

Your intention is very fine and i thank you very much for this.
Your words are good . "Sunrevenado", well, i like it ! rideto.gif

Borgo (User's profile) December 25, 2009, 4:49:22 PM

Frankouche:Your intention is very fine and i thank you very much for this.
Your words are good . "Sunrevenado", well, i like it ! rideto.gif
Mi kredas, ke ankaŭ la vorto "sunrevenado" plaĉas al mi.

I think that I like the word "sunrevenado" as well.

Oŝo-Jabe (User's profile) December 25, 2009, 5:09:17 PM

According to Vikipedio it's "solstico."

Borgo (User's profile) December 25, 2009, 6:29:11 PM

Oŝo-Jabe:According to Vikipedio it's "solstico."
Dankon! rideto.gif

Rogir (User's profile) December 25, 2009, 6:49:46 PM

Nevertheless, mezvintro would be better understood. Solstico is hardly a beginner word.

Jes (User's profile) December 25, 2009, 7:48:56 PM

Why use the prefix "mez" if winter has just started? demando.gif

Frankouche (User's profile) December 25, 2009, 7:57:10 PM

Jes:Why use the prefix "mez" if winter has just started? demando.gif
Because we speak of the winter solstice and it is "habitually" the middle (mezo) of the winter season.

darkweasel (User's profile) December 25, 2009, 8:12:07 PM

Don't forget that in such wishes you use the accusative, so you'd say "Feliĉan Solsticon!" (which is just an abbreviation of "mi deziras feliĉan solsticon al vi", in which phrase you do of course use the accusative).

Jes (User's profile) December 25, 2009, 8:13:26 PM

Frankouche:
Jes:Why use the prefix "mez" if winter has just started? demando.gif
Because we speak of the winter solstice and it is "habitually" the middle (mezo) of the winter season.
Ok. That MIGHT not be correct for everyone.

I have been always said that winter solstice is the BEGINNING of winter (Summer, in case of the summer solstice)

Then, equinox would be the BEGINNING of spring season (or Autumn if we're talking about the Autumn equinox)

Have a look: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice

Where it is explained that
WIKIPEDIA:The solstices, together with the equinoxes, are connected with the seasons. In some cultures they are considered to start or separate the seasons while in others they fall in the middle.
Interesting confusion lango.gif

Maybe the word "mezvintro" is not the best one so as to express that idea. senkulpa.gif

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