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Prefixes and Suffixes in Esperanto

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In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES¨ in Esperanto.

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Some words for Prefixes and Suffixes in Esperanto

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Prefixes

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ESPERANTO	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
relative to marriage		bo-		relativo ao casamento
to disperse		dis-		dispersar
to start		ek-		iniciar
former		eks-		antigo
dirty		fi-		sujo
of both gender		ge-		de ambos os sexos
opposite		mal-		oposto
wrong		mis-		errado
of remote relation		pra-		relação remota
again		re-		novamente

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Suffixes

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ESPERANTO	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
Blu-ray Disc	blou-rah dyah dihs koh	Blu-radia disko	blu- ra dia dis ko	Disco de blu-ray
CD-ROM	kah dih-room	KD-ROM	ka dí ruum	CD-ROM

Prefix	Meaning
bo-	relative to marrige
dis-	to disperse
ek-	to start
eks-	former
fi-	dirty
ge-	of both gender
mal-	opposite
mis-	wrong
pra-	of remote relation
re-	again

Suffix	Meaning
-aĉ-	awful
-ad-	continuous, habitual or repeated action
-aĵ-	thing, material
-an-	member, inhabitant
-ar-	collection of same things
-ĉj-	affection to male
-ebl-	possibility
-ec-	quailty or state
-eg-	big
-ej-	place
-em-	inclination
-end-	must to be done
-er-	element
-estr-	leader
-et-	little
-id-	offspring
-ig-	cause
-iĝ-	become
-il-	relative tool
-in-	female
-ind-	worthy
-ing-	holder
-ism-	theory
-ist-	profession
-nj-	affection to female
-obl-	multiple
-on-	fraction
-op-	collective numeral
-uj-	container, tree, country
-ul-	individual
-um-	(none, defined by context)