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Old 08-13-2012, 12:43 AM
FuzzyOgre FuzzyOgre is offline
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It's easy to say in Esperanto:

Farindaĵoj = "things that are worthy of doing"
Farendaĵoj = "things that are required to be done"
Farotaĵoj = "things that will be done"

Can you recommend me a good Esperanto book? I've always wanted to learn, and I like books. They are a nice alternative to staring at an LCD monitor all day.
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Old 08-13-2012, 02:48 AM
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Can you recommend me a good Esperanto book?
I found this one to be quite useful; the approach is great for people who haven't studied other languages and there are only about 15 lessons overall.

ETA: Pick up a good dictionary while you're at it.

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Old 08-13-2012, 03:00 AM
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Seconding "Best Practices".
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Old 08-13-2012, 04:21 AM
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I found this one to be quite useful; the approach is great for people who haven't studied other languages and there are only about 15 lessons overall.

ETA: Pick up a good dictionary while you're at it.
Thank you.
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Old 08-18-2012, 06:54 PM
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It seems we need a word somewhere "above" desirable and "below" obligatory.

What's wrong with optimal?
Yeah, the problem with optimal is that it's not a noun, but of course optimum is. Is the plural optimums or can it be optima?

But thanks to everyone's answers.
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Old 08-18-2012, 07:16 PM
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