LESSON 21.

Suffixes -eg-, -et-.

The suffixes "-eg-" and "-et-" are opposites; "-eg-" denotes a great

size or degree, and "-et-" a small size or degree, of that which the

word signifies, as "domo", a house, "domego", a mansion, "dometo", a

cottage; "sxnuro", a cord, "sxnurego", a rope, "sxnureto", a string;

"monto", a mountain, "montego", a huge mountain, "monteto", a hill;

"ami", to love, "amegi", to idolise, "ameti", to have a liking for;

"ridi", to laugh, "ridegi", to shout with laughter, to guffaw, "rideti",

to smile.

"-eg-" and "-et-" denote a greater or smaller size or degree than is

expressed by "very large" or "very small". The adjective "ega" means

"enormous, huge", and "eta" means "tiny".

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