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Translation

favour, goodwill

Examples

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He asked a favour of the king.

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She looked at me with goodwill.

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The young man lost his master's favour.

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I thank you for your kindness.

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Great favours demand great thanks.

The root splits neatly: favora is well-disposed, favori is to favour someone, and o is the disfavour you fall into when the king stops smiling. English keeps two words for the two senses, a favour you do and the favour you enjoy, and Esperanto is happy to use for both. Watch the preposition: you show favour someone and act favore a cause, but you do a favour them. The plural is the concrete sense - are individual kindnesses, alone is the standing goodwill.

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This word is part of lesson 15.