Language/Esperanto/Grammar/SUFFIXES
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SUFFIXES in Esperanto
Letters between the root and the ending of the word:
Animate beings:
+ul (individual) juna = young, junulo = a youth +an (member) urbo = city, urbano = citizen +ist (profession) baki = to bake, bakisto = baker +in (feminine) patro = father, patrino = mother +id (offspring) koko = rooster, kokido = chicken +estr (head) urbo = city, urbestro = mayor
Inanimate things:
+aĵ (thing) trinki = to drink, trinkaĵo = beverage +il (tool) tranĉi = cut, tranĉilo = knife +ar (group) arbo = tree, arbaro = wood +er (particle) neĝo = snow, neĝero = flake +ej (place) kafo = coffee, kafejo = café +uj (receptacle) supo = soup,supujo=souptureen +ing ( holder) kandelo = candle, kandelingo = candle holder