Translation
sea
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Examples
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The sea was calm and blue.
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We travelled to the sea by ship.
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The island lies in the middle of the sea.
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He lives by the sea.
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After the gale the sea was black.
is the water itself, and the compounds fall out of it: for the coast, for a sailor, transmara for overseas. stays a separate word for the big ones, but everyday speech is happy to call almost anything . Note that the sea in Esperanto is usually definite, , in the same way it is in English - you go , not .
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Word family
Words built on maro with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- maristonoun
sailor, seaman
maro-ist-
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 9: maro, ambaŭ, dormi and 7 more words.