Translation
old, former
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Examples
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He wore an old hat.
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The house is old but strong.
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My old books are lying in the corner.
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We met an old friend in the street.
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The old road is shorter.
The distinction English cannot make: for things, for people. Call a person and you have described them as second-hand. A is the one exception worth knowing, and even there it means a friendship of long standing rather than an elderly friend. For genuinely ancient, ; for out of date, a; and - on its own gives you former, as in o.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 11: malnova, lerni, signo and 11 more words.