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Translation

clear, plain, obvious

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Examples

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The sky was clear and blue.

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Your words are not clear to me.

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He spoke in a clear voice.

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It is clear that he lied.

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She gave a very clear example.

runs from transparent water to an obvious argument, the same stretch English "clear" makes. Note the adverb in , : with no noun to agree with, Esperanto reaches for -e rather than -a, and writing , is a persistent learner slip. The root also builds the language's word for explain. is literally to make clear, which is a better piece of engineering than borrowing a Latin verb, and is the explanation itself.

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Word family

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

  • klareconoun

    clarity

    klara-ec-: the quality of being clear

  • to explain, clarify

    klara-ig-

  • malklaraadjective

    unclear, vague

    mal-klara: the opposite of clear

  • neklareadverb

    unclearly

    neklara: not clearly

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This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 12: klara, ha, arbaro and 6 more words.