Language/Esperanto/Grammar/PREFIXES
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PREFIXES in Esperanto
Letters in front of the root word:
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