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<div style="font-size:300%"> Prefixes and Suffixes in Esperanto</div>
<div style="font-size:300%"> Prefixe MAL— and Suffixe —IN in Esperanto</div>


The Esperanto language uses a number of prefixes and suffixes to give certain words another meaning.  
The Esperanto language uses a number of prefixes and suffixes to give certain words another meaning.
 
== MAL-==
 
The prefix MAL- is used to express the opposite of a word. Just paste it in front of the word.
 
{| class="wikitable"
!Esperanto
!English
|-
|Kontenta
| happy/satisfied
|-
| '''mal'''kontenta
| unhappy/dissatisfied
|-
| bona
| good
|-
| '''mal'''bona
| bad
|-
| la amo
| the love
|-
| la '''mal'''amo
| the hatred
|-
| la amiko
| the friend
|-
| la '''mal'''amiko
| the enemy
|-
| longa
| long
|-
| '''mal'''longa
| short
|}


==-IN==
==-IN==
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|}
|}


== MAL-==
The prefix MAL- is used to express the opposite of a word. Just paste it in front of the word.
{| class="wikitable"
!Esperanto
!English
|-
|Kontenta
| happy/satisfied
|-
| '''mal'''kontenta
| unhappy/dissatisfied
|-
| bona
| good
|-
| '''mal'''bona
| bad
|-
| la amo
| the love
|-
| la '''mal'''amo
| the hatred
|-
| la amiko
| the friend
|-
| la '''mal'''amiko
| the enemy
|-
| longa
| long
|-
| '''mal'''longa
| short
|}


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

Revision as of 21:48, 30 September 2021

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Prefixe MAL— and Suffixe —IN in Esperanto

The Esperanto language uses a number of prefixes and suffixes to give certain words another meaning.

MAL-

The prefix MAL- is used to express the opposite of a word. Just paste it in front of the word.

Esperanto English
Kontenta  happy/satisfied
 malkontenta  unhappy/dissatisfied
 bona  good
 malbona  bad
 la amo  the love
 la malamo  the hatred
 la amiko  the friend
 la malamiko  the enemy
 longa  long
 mallonga  short


-IN

One of these suffixes is -IN. When you put it behind a noun (first drop the -O, then add the suffix, then add an -O again because it's a noun), it indicates that it's the feminine form of the word. In other words: it forms the female equivalent of persons and animals.

Esperanto English
la patro  the father
 la patrino  the mother
 la frato  the brother
 la fratino  the sister
 la azeno  the donkey
 la azenino  the female donkey
 la heroo  the hero
 la heroino  the heroine
 la viro  the man
 la virino  the woman


Sources

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

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