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Translation

war

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Examples

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The war lasted four years.

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After the war came a long peace.

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His father died in the war.

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Two states began a war over the land.

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No people wants war.

Zamenhof's stated reason for building the language was a childhood in Białystok where four communities lived side by side and could not talk to each other, so and carry more weight in Esperanto writing than raw frequency suggests. The root is a verb too: is to wage war, intransitive, taking for the enemy. is a serviceman, o the armed forces, kontraŭmilita anti-war. Note is a single fight or struggle; is the whole organised business between states.

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This word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 11: milito, mensogi, alvoki and 7 more words.