Esperanto affixes - practise here (Esperanto) Language Learning Forum

Esperanto affixes - practise here
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Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6281 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese	Message 1 of 2 06 July 2007 at 1:38am \| IP Logged
	Affixes are one of the most useful parts of Esperanto, but they are also hard to get used to, since I don't know any other languages that allows people to actively experiment with affixes. So I'll post some words to practise with here. One note that has confused some: when there are several affixes in a word, the one at the end of the word is translated first, e. g. "arbareto" is a small group of trees and "arbetaro" is a group of small trees. TRANSLATION FROM ESPERANTO TO ENGLISH poŝtaĵo, enamiĝi (en-am-iĝ-i), vorteto, elaŭtiĝi (el-aŭt-iĝ-i), bofilino mallaŭtiĝi plimultiĝi malpli ĉiama sunleviĝo pendigita krome hundaĉo kuracilo estrino plilarĝigebla retrankviliĝinte TRANSLATION FROM ENGLISH TO ESPERANTO (use the word stem in brackets) handout (inform-) sender (send-) puppy (hund-) participant (partopren-) to get dressed (vest-) order sheet (mend-) to have fun (amuz-) questionnaire (demand-) re-opening (ferm-) misunderstanding (kompren-) opponents (kontraŭ-) correction (ĝust-) grateful (dank-) to be reborn (nask-) readable / worth reading (leg-) cake crumbs (kuk-) purse (mon-) to gossip (parol-) 1 person has voted this message useful
awake Senior Member United States Joined 6447 days ago 406 posts - 438 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Spanish	Message 2 of 2 07 July 2007 at 9:44am \| IP Logged
	I love the affix system of Esperanto. It's so amazing what you can do with it. I find often when I don't know the correct word for something. It's almost like a game at times, building words out of roots and affixes. The irony is that it can create problems for beginners. I sometimes see a common complaint "I saw this word but it wasn't in my dictionary". But of course, it also helps beginners because the affix system vastly reduces the burden of learning vocabulary. I actually learned them using flashcards, and I learned them early in my study of Eo. Later I found a book by Jospeh Conroy called Beginner's Esperanto. It's emphasizes the affix system of Esperanto better than any other book I've seen. Unfortunately, it doesn't have solutions to the exercises, and the text formatting is almost unreadable. I wouldn't recommend it to beginners, but for intermediate Esperanto students it's just about the best approach for really mastering affixes. Unfortunately, I think it's out of print now. Still, It's a very good addition to anyone's library of Eo instructional materials if you can find it. :) P.S. Judith, what affix are you thinking of adding to parol- for gossip (which might be nicer than using klaĉi)? I thought of both fiparoli and parolaĉi as possibilities. Both would probably be understood from context, but I'm not sure which would be better. Which would you use (or would you use something different altogether)? 1 person has voted this message useful

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