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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Start your free weekThis word is part of lesson 29.