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The superword that's where it is and you didn't know it exists


10 May 2024 - 09:00

We know perfectly well that Euskera is rich, but does that wealth really reflect when we write or speak? Sometimes we don’t have time to add new words to our personal dictionary, and often we always use the same words. The “adoption” of new words can be interesting and above all healthy for our palate. The absolute truth that there are many words is indisputable, moreover, the language is constantly transformed. As words get older, more new words appear, it goes without saying what the result is.

This perception and delivery of inter-language pay has been a common practice in history, even faster today. Compensation must not be harmful, of course, is a sign of cultural richness and diversity. But often the words that have always existed can also bring benefits to the way ideas are expressed. Those are the “superwords.”

There are “superwords” that provide various contributions to language, as, in addition to offering a wide range of uses, while adding only those words, they give us a unique opportunity to replace the words we already used and explain reality from another point of view. One of them has resigned, a powerful word used since Prehistory. We are not referring to the meaning of giving in, but to the sense of having it for, considering or considering it. Ideal for everything, and it joins perfectly with almost any word. Once used, you cannot stop using it in your usual conversations!

In the words we've heard and used, we can find that "superword," perhaps not knowing it existed, but there it is. For example, to despise the word: associating it with little can express the idea of contempt. Another, approving: associating ourselves with the word on can express meanings to love, accept or bless. Just with the word discouragement, comfortable and cheap, right? We could be giving examples for a long time: ratifying, censoring, achieving, contemplating, admiring, etc.

Perhaps on many occasions we have realised that, after speaking with a friend, listening to television or reading on the Internet, the Basque Country is currently using many counterparts in the languages in which it lives. Finally, we cannot deny that these compensations are necessary, oh, precious synonyms! As we have said, we can say, but we also have confirmation, and confirmation, of the same meaning, of completely different etymology. There are many sources that the Basque country has used to feed, perhaps it is scarce to say a lot, but if this food had not been produced, the current Basque would have been different, for worse or for better, I do not know.

Therefore, the Basque country should not stop feeding so that it never stops. Mix, splash, twist. Just like the straight tree is for planks, the sloping tree keeps yours. We can remove leaves and/or stems from the plant, make grafts, prune, remove new shoots and raise a new plant, and if it has been well preserved, I would appreciate it with flowers that will become fruits. But if we remove the root, without roots, it's over! No flowers, no fruit, no food, no life.

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