Translation
foundation, basis
Examples
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The foundation of the house is made of stone.
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Without a strong foundation nothing stands for long.
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We must learn the fundamentals of the grammar.
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He built his plan on a weak foundation.
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That rule belongs to the foundation of the language.
Written with a capital and no other context, means one specific book: Zamenhof's of 1905, the sixteen rules, the grammar and the base word list that the language agreed not to change. That is why the word carries more weight among Esperantists than "foundation" does in English, and why fundamenta reads as untouchable rather than merely basic. Do not confuse it with , the bottom of something: they look like a pair but do different jobs, and a is what a building stands on.
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