Translation
fellow Esperantist, like-minded friend
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Examples
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Dear fellow Esperantists, I greet you!
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He met many fellow Esperantists at the congress.
Hispanio .
My fellow Esperantist from Spain wrote a long letter.
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She is a loyal fellow Esperantist and a good friend.
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The fellow Esperantists gathered in the same room.
Pull it apart and it is , a member of the same idea. It is a movement word rather than a general one: outside Esperanto circles nobody says it, and inside them it has served for over a century as the standard form of address at congresses and in letters. is the neutral term for someone who speaks the language; adds the warmth and the shared cause, so it carries a faint whiff of the old idealism. Use it in a speech, not in a shop.
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Word family
Words built on samideano with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- gesamideanonoun
fellow Esperantist (of either sex); fellow Esperantists
ge-samideano: fellow Esperantists of both sexes
Used in
Stories
(3)Grammar articles
(8)Esperanto Suffixes -et-, -eg-, -ul-, -ist- and -an-
Esperanto hodiaŭ: Where the Language Actually Lives
After the Esperanto Course: What to Do Next (Kien de Ĉi Tie)
The Esperanto Congress: Universala Kongreso and Its Words
Esperanto Countries and Nationalities: -io, -ujo and -ano
Esperanto Letter Writing: Register and Politeness
Spoken Esperanto: What People Actually Say
Esperanto Slang: Sound Like an Insider, Not a Textbook
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 13: samideano, ĉagreni, laborado and 7 more words.