Translation
own, belonging to; characteristic of
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Examples
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She has her own house.
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I saw it with my own eyes.
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Everyone has their own opinion.
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He wrote the book in his own language.
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That is our own business.
sits alongside a possessive to press the point: is my house, is my own house, mine and nobody else's. It rarely stands alone in everyday speech. The trap is the English word it resembles: never means "proper" in the sense of correct or fitting. For that you want , or depending on the flavour. The root gives o for a piece of property and o for a characteristic quality.
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Word family
Words built on propra with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- propraĵonoun
characteristic, property
propra-aĵ-: something of one's own
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 6: propra, kvankam, flanko and 6 more words.