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Use it for questions about correctly using a word, a phrase, or a sentence, which must be provided within the question.

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Is "ŝien" a meaningful word?

I'm reading Orwell's 1984 in Donald Broadribb's translation, as found online. I found this strange word in this sentence in page 82: Sed nepre ŝi vidis lin marŝanta ŝien, kaj eble ŝi akceptos tiun …
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Are people misusing the ek- verbs?

Very often I see the ek- being used as a complete synonym of "start doing something". But it feels wrong. PIV defines this prefix as Pref. signifanta, ke la procezo komenciĝas subite, je preciza m …
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What are the usual use cases for -ont- forms?

By now I am feeling pretty confident in using -ant- and -int- forms, partly because they have a direct correspondence in my native language, but I am not sure in what real-world situations I would fin …
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When is -o- added between roots in kunmetaĵoj?

From the examples of litotuko versus litkovrilo, and from the listing of both lignoglavo and lignglavo here I concluded that the inclusion of -o- between two connected roots is at the discretion of th …
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