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Esperanto Suffixes - Flashcards on the international language of Esperanto

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Suffix
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-ant   show fali = to fall, falanta = falling  
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-int   show fali = to fall, falinta = fallen  
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show future active participle   fali = to fall, falonta = going to fall  
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-at   present passive participle   show
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show past passive participle   mangxi = to eat, mangxita = (have been) eaten  
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-ot   show mangxi = to eat, mangxota = going to be eaten  
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-ate   show mangxi = to eat, mangxate = while being eaten  
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-ati   show mangxi = to eat, mangxati = to be in a state of being eaten  
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-ato   a person who is being   show
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-ad   show marteli = to hammer, martelado = hammering; boji = to bark (like a dog), bojado = barking  
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show shows a concrete, tangible manifestation of the root   ricxa = rich, ricxajxoj = riches; havi = to have, havajxoj = possessions  
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-ec   show ricxa = rich, ricxeco = richness; blua = blue, blueco = blueness (of something)  
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-ul   show ricxa = rich, ricxulo = a rich person; bona = good, bonulo = a good person  
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show member, adherent, participant of the root   komitato = comittee, komitatano = comittee member; Budho = the Buddha, budhano = a Buddhist  
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-ar   show arbo = tree, arbaro = forest; sxafo = sheep (singular), sxafaro = a flock of sheep  
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-ej   a place intended for the thing(s) or action(s) defined by the root   show
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-er   the smallest part or element of a collective defined by the root   show
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-estr   show komitato = committee, komitatestro = chairman of the committee; urbo = town, urbestro = mayor  
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-id   the offspring of the creature defined in the root   show
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show a tool for doing whatever is defined by the root   komputi = to compute, komputilo = a computer; trancxi = to cut, trancxilo = a knife  
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-in   the specifically female version of whatever is defined by the root   show
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-ing   show knadelo = candle, kandelingo = candle-holder; cigaro = cigar, cigatingo = cigar-holder  
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-ism   show Budho = Buddha, budhismo = Buddhism; Markso = Karl Marx, markismo = Marksism  
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-ist   show jxurnalo = newspaper, jxurnalisto = newspaperman / reporter; lingvo = language, lingvisto = a linguist  
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-uj   a container for objects described by the root   show
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-i   show Algxero and Algxerio; astronomo and astronomio; fuksio = fuchsia and fukso = Fuchs  
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-ik   form the name of a science, etc. from its practitioner   show
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-it   show laringo = larynx, laringito = laryngitis; hepato = liver, heratito = hepatitis  
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show having whatever id described by the root done to it   legi = to read, legeble = readable, legible; fari = to do, farebla = doable  
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show having an inclination or tendency towards whatever is described by the root   ami = to love, amema = loving; labori = to work, laborema = industrious  
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show must have whatever described by the root done to it   fari = to do, farenda = must be done; sendi = to send, sendenda = must be sent  
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show worth having whatever is described by the root done to it   ami = to love, aminda = loveable; fari = to do, farinda = worth doing  
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show used to create the adjective form of a noun formed directly from an adjective   varma = hot, varmo = heat, varmala = thermal  
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-esk   show japano = Japanese, japaneska = Japanesque; statuo = statue, statueska = statuesque  
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-iv   capable of doing whatever is described by the root   show
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-oid   with the form of whatever is described by the root   show
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show used with noun roots to show the presence of a large quantity   poro = pore, poroza = porous; sablo = sand, sabloza = full of sand  
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-ig   to cause something to be in the state described by the root   show
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-igx   show rugxa = red, rugxigxi = to become red; fari = to do (something), farigxi = to become (done)  
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-iz   show plumo = feather, plumizi = to fletch; stano = tin, stanizi = to tin (as in soldering)  
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-art   the art of whatever is described by the root   show
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-am   loving whatever is described by the root   show
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-hav   show flugilo = wing, flugilhava = winged; oro = gold, orhava = possessing gold  
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show full of what is described by the root   oro = gold, orplena = full of gold; humila = humble, humilplena = full of humility  
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-pov   capable of what is described by the root   show
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-ricx   rich with what is described by the root   show
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-sxajn   show vera = true, versxajne = apparently; blua = blue, blusxajna = blue-seeming  
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-aspekt   show regxo = king, kegxaspekta = kingly; hundo = dog, hundaspekta = looking like a dog  
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-simil   being sililar to what is described by the root   show
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-manier   show besto = animal, bestmaniera = with the manner of an animal; hundo = dog, hundmaniera = dog-like  
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-acx   gives the word a shading of contempt, detesation   show
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-eg   show domo = house, domego = mansion; varma = hot, varmega = boiling hot  
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-et   diminishes the idea shown in the root   show
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show no definite meaning   vento = wind, ventumi = to ventilate; aminda = lovable, amindumi = to pitch woo  
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-if   show varma = hot, varmifi = to thermalize  
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-cxj   takes a man's name and turns it into an intimate form   show
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-nj   show frato = brother, franjo = little sister; Johana = Joan, Jonjo = Joanie  
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