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<div style="font-size:300%"> Suffixes in Esperanto</div> | <div style="font-size:300%"> Suffixes -ET and -EG in Esperanto</div> | ||
In this lesson, we'll get to learn 2 suffixes in Esperanto. | |||
== -ET == | |||
The suffix -ET diminishes something and indicates that something is small, tiny or weak. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|Esperanto | |||
|English | |||
|- | |||
| knabo | |||
| A boy | |||
|- | |||
| knabeto | |||
| A little boy | |||
|- | |||
| hundo | |||
| A dog | |||
|- | |||
| hundeto | |||
| A little dog | |||
|- | |||
| ridi | |||
| to laugh | |||
|- | |||
| rideti | |||
| to smile | |||
|- | |||
| dormi | |||
| to sleep | |||
|- | |||
| dormeti | |||
| to doze | |||
|- | |||
| varma | |||
| warm | |||
|- | |||
| varmeta | |||
| lukewarm | |||
|- | |||
| malvarma | |||
| cold | |||
|- | |||
| malvarmeta | |||
| cool | |||
|} | |||
== -EG == | |||
Now the next suffix, the suffix -EG, amplifies something and indicates that something is big or strong. | Now the next suffix, the suffix -EG, amplifies something and indicates that something is big or strong. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|Esperanto | |||
|English | |||
|- | |||
|varma | |||
| warm | |||
|- | |||
| varmega | |||
| hot | |||
|- | |||
| riĉa | |||
| rich | |||
|- | |||
| riĉega | |||
| very rich | |||
|- | |||
| maljuna | |||
| old | |||
|- | |||
| maljunega | |||
| very old | |||
|- | |||
| pluvo | |||
| rain | |||
|- | |||
| pluvego | |||
| a lot of rain | |||
|- | |||
| vento | |||
| wind | |||
|- | |||
| ventego | |||
| storm | |||
|- | |||
| bela | |||
| beautiful | |||
|- | |||
| belega | |||
| splendid | |||
|} | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
https://unilang.org/course.php?res=64 | https://unilang.org/course.php?res=64 |