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PREFIXES in Esperanto
Letters in front of the root word:
Esperanto Prefix | Examples |
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bo+ (in-law) | bopatro = father-in-law |
ge+ (both masculine & feminine) | gepatroj=parents |
eks+ (former) | eksministro = ex-minister |
pra+ (ancestor) | avo = grandfather, praavo = great grandfather |
fi+ (pejorative) | knabo = boy, fiknabo = bad boy |
dis+(distributive) | doni = to give,disdoni=distribute |
mal+ (opposite) | bela = beautiful, malbela = ugly |
mis+ (do badly) | fari = to do, misfari = to botch |
ek+ (suddenly) | ridi = laugh, ekridi = burst in |
re+ (again) | fari = to do, refari = redo |
Sources[edit | edit source]
http://esperanto.bretonio.free.fr/dokumentoj/pakeo-en3.pdf
Videos[edit | edit source]
The Grand Prefixes in Esperanto (dis-, ek-, mal-, mis-, re-) - YouTube[edit | edit source]
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Gender
- Plurals
- Verbs
- COMPARATIVES
- Past Participle in Esperanto
- CONJUNCTIONS
- Prefixe MAL— and Suffixe —IN
- Interrogative Sentences
- PREPOSITIONS
- Suffixes —ET and —EG