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Translation

man

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Examples

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The man stood at the door.

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I saw a strong man.

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Men and women came.

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Who is that man?

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He is a good man.

is an adult male specifically; is a human being of any sort, and using for people in general is a real mistake rather than a stylistic one. Add the feminine suffix -in- and you get , a woman: one root, two words, no second vocabulary to learn. - covers a mixed group, so are parents and oj would be an odd but legal mixed crowd. means male or manly.

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Word family

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

  • virecaadjective

    manly, masculine

    viro-ec-: with the quality of a man

  • virinonoun

    woman

    viro-in-

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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 2: viro, morti, dio and 11 more words.