Lesson 2 Flashcards
Infinitive verb ending
-i
The present Tense ending in verbs
-as
an interrogative particle, used to turn a statement into a yes/no question:
Ĉu
Kiu
This interrogative functions both as a pronoun (“who?”) and as an adjective (“which?”):
The Suffix is used to form the name of a person regularly engaged in some activity:
-ist-
Patro
Father
Patrino
Mother
Lernanto
Pupil
lernantino
Female pupil
Instruisto
Teacher
Female teacher
Instruistino
Yes
Jes
No
Ne
Friend
Amiko
Domo
A house
La suno
The sun
A woman
Virino
A book
Libro
Komputilo
A computer
A grade
Grado
La luno
The moon
Battle
Batalo
A novel
Romano
Brili
To shine
Diri
To say
Esperi
To hope
To forget
Forgesi
To choose
Electi
To love
Ami
Vidi
To see
To work
Labori
To read
To read
Adjective ending
-a
Accusative ending
-n
Plural ending
-j
Past tense ending
-is
Future tense ending
-os
Ke
is used as ‘that’ in a sentence but it cannot be omitted and is usually it is preceded by a comma.
Mal-
The prefix changes the meaning of a word to its opposite
Bona
Good
Big, great
Granda
Beautiful
Bela
Bad
Malbona
Small
Malgranda
Ugly
Malbela
The prefix denotes both sexes together:
Ge-
Kio
What
Kion
If a word in the accusative is expected in answer to a question, the question word kio adds the ending -n:
To have
Havi
Name
Nomo
Young
Juna
Veni
To come
To read
Legi
Mono
Money
Sed
But
Voli
To want, be willing to, to choose to
Trinki
To drink
Kafo
Coffee
To
Al
Hejmo
Home
Kun
With
To ask (a question)
Demandi
To like
Ŝati
Only, just
Nur
Easy
facila
New
Nova
To speak, to talk
Paroli
Tre
Very