Translation
shore, bank, edge
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Examples
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The house stands on the bank of the river.
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We walked along the shore of the sea.
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The ship arrived at the shore.
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He saw both banks of the wide river.
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The children played by the shore all day.
One Esperanto word does the work of three English ones: is the bank of a river, the shore of a sea and the edge of a lake, and you never have to choose between them. Direction is where learners slip. moves you towards it, follows it along, and stands you on it. The root builds out predictably: senborda for boundless, albordiĝi for a ship coming ashore. For the edge of a page or a table, though, reach for . belongs to water.
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Word family
Words built on bordo with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- marbordonoun
seashore, coast
marobordo: the edge of the sea
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 9: bordo, ĉefa, ĉesi and 5 more words.