Translation
simple, plain, straightforward
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Examples
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The answer is very simple.
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He is a simple man from the countryside.
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Esperanto has a simple grammar.
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She wore a plain black dress.
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That is not as simple as you think.
means uncomplicated in structure, or plain and unadorned. means easy to do. The two are not the same claim, which matters when people say Esperanto is : the grammar genuinely has few rules, but that does not by itself make any given sentence for you. a is complicated, i is to simplify, and simple as an adverb does the English work of "simply, merely" in simple .
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Word family
Words built on simpla with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- malsimplaadjective
complex, complicated
mal-simpla: the opposite of simple
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 12: simpla, klara, ha and 6 more words.