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Translation

slow

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Examples

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The river is wide and slow.

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He spoke in a slow voice.

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Slow work is often the best.

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The old man's slow steps were heard on the staircase.

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Why are you so slow today?

Esperanto builds slow out of fast rather than the other way round, and the whole family follows: for the adverb, o for slowness as a quality, to slow something down and to slow down of its own accord. The - prefix is a true opposite, not a mere negation, so is slow, while only says it is not fast, which leaves room for perfectly average.

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This word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 6: malrapida, koleri, hundo and 7 more words.