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Translation

easy, simple

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Examples

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Esperanto is an easy language.

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The task was not easy.

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He found an easy way through the mountain.

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It is easy to say, but hard to do.

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She reads Esperanto more easily than English.

Watch the ending in the fourth example. When the subject of is an infinitive rather than a noun, the complement takes -e, not -a: and never . That rule catches almost every learner once and is the single most common adjective error in early writing. Otherwise the family behaves itself: for difficult, i for to make easier, o for ease. The noun is far rarer than the adjective, and is the form you will actually need most.

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Word family

Words built on facila with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • malfacilaadjective

    difficult, hard

    mal-facila

  • malfacilaĵonoun

    difficulty

    mal-facila-aĵ-: something difficult

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This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 2: facila, popolo, korpo and 7 more words.