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bonantagulo

bonantagulo/bo.nan.taˈɡu.lo/

bonantagulo is an Esperanto noun meaning “someone whose Esperanto is limited to a…”.

Meaning

  1. someone whose Esperanto is limited to a few basic phrases like bonan tagon (“good day”)

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Pronunciation

IPA
/bo.nan.taˈɡu.lo/
Syllables
bo·nan·ta·GU·lo

Word structure

  1. bonrootbono
  2. ansuffixmember, inhabitant
  3. tagroottago
  4. ulsuffixperson
  5. oendingnoun

Forms

singularplural
subjectbonantagulobonantaguloj
object (-n)bonantagulonbonantagulojn

Example sentences

  • Mi estas bonantagulo pri la persa.I can only say "good day" in Persian. #13729155bonantagulo: someone whose Esperanto is limited to a few basic phrases like bonan tagon
  • Eble ekzistas 1 miliono da bonantaguloj, sed tiuj normale ne komprenas flue parolatan Esperanton, ĉu?Maybe there are 1 million Esperanto noobs, but those normally do not understand fluently spoken Esperanto, do they?bonantaguloj → bonantagulo: someone whose Esperanto is limited to a few basic phrases like bonan tagon
  • Ĉu la kriterio estas la eternaj komencantoj kaj bonantaguloj?Are the eternal beginners and Esperanto punters the criterion?bonantaguloj → bonantagulo: someone whose Esperanto is limited to a few basic phrases like bonan tagon
  • Ĉiuj jam konas min kaj afable salutas, kvankam grandprate^([sic]) ili estas nur “bonantaguloj”.All of them know me already and greet kindly, although they are for the greater part only nubs at Esperanto.bonantaguloj → bonantagulo: someone whose Esperanto is limited to a few basic phrases like bonan tagon

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