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Translation

new

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Examples

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We have a new house.

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Do you know my father's new friend?

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New year, new life.

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The old town is more beautiful than the new one.

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I heard something new.

- gives for old things, though a person who has lived a long time is rather than . -- makes the concrete instance, so is a piece of news, and o with -- is a newcomer. Watch the agreement in : the pronoun takes -n and the adjective follows it.

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Word family

Words built on nova with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • denoveadverb

    again, once more

    denova

  • malnovaadjective

    old, former

    mal-nova

  • news, piece of news; novelty, new thing

    nova-aĵ-

  • novulonoun

    newcomer, novice, beginner

    nova-ul-: a new person

  • to renew, to renovate, to do up

    re-nova-ig-

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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 9: nova, tra, mondo and 6 more words.