Translation
or
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Examples
?
Do you want that or not?
.
Either I or you must do it.
.
I saw him or some other person.
?
Is that good or bad?
, .
You can speak or not speak, but you must think.
is plain "or", and doubling it gives "either ... or": . The ŭ is not a vowel of its own; it glues onto the a to make one sound, roughly the ow of "how". In the ASCII x-system that Esperantists type, it is written aux, which is why this page lives at that address while the word itself keeps its hat.
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Grammar articles
(10)What to Read in Esperanto: The Bookshelf, In Order
Esperantismo and the Interna Ideo: What Esperanto Is For
Gender in Esperanto: -in-, ge-, and the Reform That Waits
Esperanto Interjections: Ho, Nu, Ve and Sound Words
After the Esperanto Course: What to Do Next (Kien de Ĉi Tie)
Esperanto Body Parts: La Korpo, Head to Foot
Esperanto Letter Names: How to Spell Aloud (bo, co, ĉo)
Esperanto pri- Verbs: pripensi, priskribi, pridemandi
Esperanto Rhyme and Metre: Counting Syllables, Adasismo
Esperanto Verbs and Prepositions: Which One Each Verb Takes
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aŭ: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 10: aŭ, antaŭ, bona and 11 more words.