Esperanto 9
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- Esperanto infinitives end
- -i
- esti
- to be
- manĝi
- to eat
- meti
- to put
- paroli
- to speak
- sidi
- to sit
- stari
- to stand
- fari
- to do, do
- Mi devas fari ion.
- I must do something
- Mi povas fari ion
- I can do something
- Anstataŭ
- instead of
- Anstataŭ ripozi li laboris
- instead of resting, he worked.
- Krom
- besides
- por
- in order to
- sen
- without
- a preposition before an infinitive in Esperanto is often equal to
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a preposition and a word ending --ing in English.
Li vizitis min krom viziti vin.
He visited me besides visiting you. - -us ending expresses
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a supposition
a mere thought
a flight of fancy - conditional sentences
-
use -us endings
Se mi estus riĉa, mi loÄus un Kanado. - -us is also used as
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a polite way to express a wish or a request.
Ĉu mi povus havi tason da teo?
Could I have a cup of tea? - nur
- only
- ankaŭ
- also
- Correlatives starting with i- are
- indefinate and mean some..., or any... .
- iu
- someone, somebody
- io
- something
- ia
- somekind of
- ie
- somewhere
- iel
- somehow, in some way.
- ial
- for some reason
- iam
- at some time
- iom
- some (quantity)
- ies
- someone's, somebody's
- Iel, mi perdis mian mansakon
- Somehow I've lost my handbag.
- malon
- opposite
- male
- on the contrary
- ina
- feminine
- eta
- tiny
- correlatives with -es
- show possession
- Kies
- whose (what person's)
- ties
- that one's
- ĉies
- everyone's
- nenies
- no one's
- Ties sometimes means
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the latter's
Johano renkontis Arturon kay ties amikon
John met Arthur and the latter's friend. - Esperanto past participle
- -ita
- -ita
-
having been ..-ed
is and adjective formed from a verb
fermi (to close) fermita closed, having been closed - the participle is an adj. and..
- must agree with its noun
- agiti
- to shake
- agrabla
- pleasant
- ambaŭ
- both
- aperi
- to appear
- malaperi
- to disappear
- aŭskulti
- to listen to
- babili
- to chat, chatter
- bestĝardeno
- zoo
- blanka
- white
- boligi
- to boil
- brusto
- chest
- dediĉi
- to dedicate, set aside
- densa
- dense, concentrated
- maldensigi
- to dilute
- dorso
- back
- ekzerco
- exercise
- fariĝi
- to become
- froti
- to rub
- globkrajono
- ball point pen
- grandioza
- grand, magnificent
- graso
- fat
- gusto
- taste
- bongusta
- tasty
- ja
- indeed
- jene
- as follows, thus
- konduti
- to behave
- konsilo
- advice
- konsileto
- a hint
- kontraŭi
- to oppose
- korpo
- body
- kruro
- leg
- kuiristo
- cook
- kulero
- spoon
- lakto
- milk
- laÅplaĉe
- to your liking
- lavi
- to wash
- legomo
- vegetable
- leĝera
- light, slight
- likvaĵo
- liquid
- lumo
- light (not dark)
- makulo
- a stain
- malvarmigi
- to cool
- mano
- hand
- miksi
- to mix
- mola
- soft
- nazo
- nose
- naztuko
- handkerchief
- ornami
- adorn, decorate
- paro
- pair, couple
- pecetigi
- to break, cut into small pieces
- pentri
- to paint
- pentraĵo
- a painting
- piedo
- foot
- plado
- dish
- propra
- one's own
- pundo
- pound
- recepto
- recipe
- regulo
- rule, regulation
- roko
- rock
- salato
- salad
- sezono
- season
- sola
- alone
- spaco
- space, room
- spici
- to spice, season
- strio
- strip, stripe
- stufi
- to stew
- subtila
- subtle
- ŝanĝi
- to change(something)
- ŝultro
- shoulder
- tapeto
- tapestry
- teni
- to hold, keep
- tieulo
- a person of that place
- tolo
- cloth, linen
- tranĉi
- to cut
- tranĉajo
- slice
- tuj
- immediately
- unika
- unique
- valora
- valuable
- ventro
- belly, abdomen
- verŝi
- to pour
- vesto
- garment
- zorga
- careful
- zorgi
- to take care
- ekveturi
- to set off
- flui
- to flow
- fluanta
- flowing
- fridujo
- refrigerator, fridge
- friti
- fry