Translation
low; short (in height)
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Examples
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The wall is too low.
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A short man stood next to the door.
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We saw low hills everywhere.
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The sun was already low over the sea.
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She sat on a low chair by the fire.
- flips a root to its opposite, so gives and you never have to learn a separate word for low. The trap is that English low covers two different ideas and Esperanto splits them. Height is ; volume is . A quiet voice is , never , unless you genuinely mean a voice pitched down low. For people, is the neutral word for short in stature, while says small overall and can sound like you are talking about a child.
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Word family
Words built on malalta with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- malaltiĝonoun
fall, drop, decrease
malalta-iĝ-: the act of becoming lower
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 3: malalta, vagonaro, ŝanĝiĝi and 7 more words.