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What is the difference between -ita and -ata?
-ita means that something has had something done to it, while -ata means something is having something done to it.
For example, if I call someone mia amata filo, that means that he is my son whom I l …
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What is the difference between the affixes fi- and -aĉ?
From Plena Ilustrita Vortaro:
Inter fi k aĉ estas tia diferenco, ke aĉ esprimas, ke iun aŭ ion oni juĝas malbonkvalita, netaŭga ks, dum fi esprimas negativan juĝon el morala vidpunkto.
(Between …
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What is the difference between "violkolora" and "purpura"?
Reta Vortaro has these definitions:
Violkoloro: Koloro de violo, meza inter bluo kaj ruĝo.
Translation:
Violkoloro: The color of a violet, midway between blue and red
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Purpuro: Viol …
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Kio estas la diferenco inter bezoni kaj necesi?
La diferenco estas, ke "necesi" signifas "esti necesa", kaj "bezoni" signifas "suferi pro manko de [io necesa]" aŭ "ne povi agi sen [io]". Do "bezoni" uziĝas kiel la hispana "necesitar" (angle "to nee …