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Translation

idea; notion

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Examples

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I have a good idea.

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His idea was too simple.

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The idea of an international language is old.

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She explained her ideas to the group.

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Nobody had a better idea.

takes when the idea is of a thing and when it is a whole proposition: against , . Keep it separate from , which is a standard to live up to rather than a thought that occurred to you. The phrase worth knowing for cultural reasons is , Zamenhof's term for the movement's inner ideal of peace between peoples, which turns up whenever Esperantists argue about what the language is for. They argue often.

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  • samideanonoun

    fellow Esperantist, like-minded friend

    samaideo-an-

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This word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 13: ideo, renkonti, libro and 6 more words.