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Translation

sign, mark, token

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Examples

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He made a sign with his hand.

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The green star is the sign of Esperanto.

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That is a good sign.

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I did not understand her sign.

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There were strange marks on the paper.

is a mark that stands for something: a gesture, a written character, an omen. is to mark, is to mean, and is to sign your name, which has nothing to do with this root at all. For the board hanging outside a shop, Esperanto uses rather than - the distinction is between a meaning and an object, and English blurs it where Esperanto does not.

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Word family

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

  • a trace left behind, a vestige

    postsigno

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This word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 11: signo, lerni, monto and 11 more words.