Suffixes.--

--AR indicates collection of. Arbo, tree. Arbaro, forest.

--AN ... inhabitant of. Angla, English. Anglano, Englishman.

--IN is the Feminine suffix. Viro, man. Virino, woman. Patro, father.

Patrino, mother.

--IST .. Occupation. Boto, boot. Botisto, bootmaker.

--IL ... instrument. Kudri, to sew. Kudrilo, needle.

--EG augmentative. Pordego, a big door.

--ET diminutive. Pordeto, a little door.

Students will do well to remember that Double letters only occur

when two roots, the one ending and the other beginning, with the

same letter, are joined. Hom-mano, a human hand. Re-en-iri, to go

in again.

ESTI, to be, is the only Auxiliary verb. I have seen, Mi estas

vidinta. He has been seen, Li estas vidita.

All shades of meaning can be expressed in Esperanto.

Questions are introduced by the word Ĉu, and the order is not

inverted. Ĉu mi vidas, Do I see.

Prepositions govern the Nominative case, unless motion towards be

indicated, when Accusative termination is used. Promeni en la

ĝardeno(n). To walk in(to) the garden.

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