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Translation

side; aspect

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Examples

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The house stands on the other side of the street.

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He sat at my side.

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Both sides of the paper are white.

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I see only one side of the matter.

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She turned to the side and smiled.

covers the physical side of a thing and the figurative side of an argument, exactly as English does. The adverb means beside or off to one side, and with the accusative of direction means sideways, which is how you say a movement rather than a position. works as a compound preposition for beside. The adjective gives you side roads and side effects without a new root, and is the fixed phrase for "for my part".

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Word family

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

  • aliflankeadverb

    on the other hand; on the other side

    aliaflanko

  • flankenadverb

    aside, to one side

    flanko: towards the side

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This word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 6: flanko, kvankam, filo and 6 more words.