Translation
regrettable, unfortunate
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Examples
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It is a pity that you did not come.
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That was a regrettable mistake.
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The end of the story was regrettable.
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He made a regrettable decision.
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Regrettable words stay in the memory a long time.
plus --: worth regretting. The adverb is the workhorse here, and it is simply the everyday word for "unfortunately", dropped in front of a clause exactly as English does. Compare , built the same way from , and you can see the suffix at work: it takes the thing you feel something about and makes an adjective of it. Note that describes situations and actions, not people. A person you feel sorry for is .
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 8: bedaŭrinda, prepari, partopreni and 7 more words.