Translation
dear; expensive
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Examples
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Dear friend, I am asking for your help.
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She is very dear to me.
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My dear mother is still alive.
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That house is too expensive.
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Dear friends, let us begin.
carries both English senses of dear, beloved and costly, and context sorts them out. a is cheap, o is a darling with --, and is the standard way to open a letter, with oj for a formal one. As an adjective it agrees: , , .
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Word family
Words built on kara with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- karulonoun
darling, dear, sweetheart
kara-ul-: a dear person
- malkaraadjective
cheap, inexpensive
mal-kara: the opposite of expensive
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kara: worksheet, infographic and listicle
Free printable study downloads for the Esperanto word "kara" (dear; expensive): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.
This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 10: kara, pordo, viza臐o and 10 more words.