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Translation

conversation

Word origin

From Latin conversatio, the act of keeping company with people, from conversari ('to live among, to associate with'). English conversation came the same way through French.

Origin
Latin, via French
Root
conversari
English cognates
conversation, converse

Examples

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We had a long conversation about the book.

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The conversation between the two women lasted hours.

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I did not understand their conversation.

is the exchange itself, so a class advertises konversacia , a conversation circle - the mainstay of every Esperanto club. The verb is konversacii, but plain does the job in most sentences.

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This word is part of lesson 29.