Translation
kind, friendly
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Examples
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She is very kind to all the children.
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The host received us with kind words.
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Be kind and close the window.
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He kindly showed me the way.
o.
I thank you for your kindness.
is warmth of manner: friendly, obliging, pleasant to deal with. It sits next to , which is politeness as form rather than feeling, so a cold official can be without ever being . o is kindness as a quality, and a is the standard word for surly or unfriendly. The person you are kind to takes : , not . In letters is the workhorse of polite requests, much as English uses kindly, and ... softens an instruction into a favour.
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Word family
Words built on afabla with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- afableconoun
kindness, friendliness
afabla-ec-: the quality of being kind
- malafablaadjective
unkind, unfriendly
mal-afabla: the opposite of kind
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 4: afabla, dudek, dubi and 7 more words.