Language/Esperanto/Grammar/Suffixes-—ET-and-—EG

In this lesson, we'll get to learn 2 suffixes in Esperanto.

Suffixes -ET and -EG in Esperanto

-ET

The suffix -ET diminishes something and indicates that something is small, tiny or weak.

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.

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

https://unilang.org/course.php?res=64

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