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tommjames (顯示個人資料) 2014年1月4日上午10:20:06
Any root in Esperanto can take mal- if it has a meaningful opposite. I suppose the opposite of "to regret" would be "to be happy about", so "malbedaŭrinde" could mean "feliĉe" or "kontentige".
Edit: I just noticed there's a second issue, whether the use of mal- is to be read as malbedaŭr-inde (happily) or as mal-bedaŭrinde (something like "not worth being regretful about" ). I'd go with the former interpretation myself.
Edit: I just noticed there's a second issue, whether the use of mal- is to be read as malbedaŭr-inde (happily) or as mal-bedaŭrinde (something like "not worth being regretful about" ). I'd go with the former interpretation myself.
sudanglo (顯示個人資料) 2014年1月4日下午2:15:46
As Tom says the issue is whether there is a meaningful opposite.
I suppose you might use malbedaŭrinde to contradict someone who has just expressed his regret, but I think the dialogue is more likely to go like this.
A: Bedaŭrinde mi ne povis ĉeesti la kunvenon.
B: Tute ne.
I suppose you might use malbedaŭrinde to contradict someone who has just expressed his regret, but I think the dialogue is more likely to go like this.
A: Bedaŭrinde mi ne povis ĉeesti la kunvenon.
B: Tute ne.
