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It seems to me that "well-known" would be "tre konata" and that "konata" is just "known".
August 21, 2015
It's a quirk of the Romance languages, which Esperanto is heavily based upon. It works the same in Spanish and Italian.
In Spanish: conocer - conocido
In Italian: conoscere - conosciuto
In Esperanto: koni - konata/konita
In all of these languages, the participle form for the verb "to know, to be familiar with" can either mean literally "known" or more colloquially as "well known" in reference to fame or notoriety.
September 25, 2018
JamesTWils
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How would one say "He is a known actor," or e.g. "He is a known felon"?
August 19, 2015
FredCapp
- 612
Li estas konata krimulo. Iom da vortaroj enhavas la vorton bone, por indiki famulojn.
September 23, 2015
