Dear Sir,—"ULO, Greatest seen," is certainly not right (see page 144); neither is "AĴO, Work," entirely correct. The one is a person, and the other a thing denoted by the root, which is, in the one case, often adjectival, and in the other verbal. The Text-Book’s definition of ulo as "one remarkable for" is somewhat exaggerated. One possessing the quality of would be better (page 48).
The Text-Book does not give EL, out of, among the prepositions.
I take—AĴO to be adapted from the French—AGE, to which it corresponds in pronunciation and, to a certain extent, in meaning.—Kore samideane,
John B. Shipley.
P.S.—Sokta lingvo!!!
The Editor is indeed vexed that such a ridiculous slip should have remained uncorrected.
He hastens to assure Readers that this is no new rival to Esperanto, but a delightful speech to be found north of the Tweed (Skota).
Multaj and Multe da have given rise to several queries. They are alternative expressions for the English Many. Dr. Zamenhof apparently disliked the dismal series of—ajn—ajn—ojn—ajn which frequently occurs if the former method be employed, and so introduced the adverbial locution Multe da, wherein the Da does not require the Accusative case.
Mi havas multajn bonajn fidelajn amikojn malnovajn is less euphonious than Mi havas multe da bonaj fidelaj amikoj malnovaj.