[FWD] Full description of Esperanto (4)

============================================================================== * Forwarded by Alexej Antipov (500:95/468.6) * Region : ESPERANTO.RUS (/2065) * From: Andrej Ananjin, 2:5026/14.29 (17 Feb 01 23:44) * To: All, * Topic : Full description of Esperanto (4) ============================================================================== Degrees of comparison La plej - the most, pli - more, malpli - less. La plej granda is the biggest. Pli granda ol domo - more than a home. Malpli granda ol formiko - smaller than an ant. Immutable adverbs ankau^ - also, ankorau^ - also, anstatau^ - instead, antau^ - before, baldau^ - soon, preskau^ - almost, kontrau^ - against, hierau^ - yesterday, hodiau^ - today, morgau^ - tomorrow. Prepositions of relationship Pri - oh, about. Paroli pri vetero - talk about the weather. De - belonging. Portreto de Pus^kin. Domo de Oleg. Sen - without. Sen sono - no sound. Por - for. Por s^i tio estas surprizo. This is a surprise for her. Per - with the help, “through”. Per buso - by bus. Kun - with, "together with". Studento kun studentino - student with student. Pro - because. Pro malsano - due to illness. Dum - during; while. Dum milito - During the war. Krom - except. Krom vi - except you. Prepositions of position Al - to, "towards". De - from, “in the direction from.” En - in, “in something, into something.” El - from, “from something.” Sur - on, “on the surface”. Sub - under, “below, under something.” Super - over.C^e - y, “directly nearby”. Apud - about, "not very close." C^irkau^ - around. Inter - between, preter - past, ekster - outside. Trans - through, “on the other side”. Tra - through, "through". Post - after, “behind something; after something”, antau^ - before, g^is - before, “before something." Unions Kaj - and, a. Vi kaj mi. You and me. What? What about you? Se - if. Se mi scius - if only I knew. Sed - but. G^i estas ne nova libro, sed interesa. This is not a new book, but interesting. Au^ - or, c^ar - because. Ju pli_ des pli _ Than _ the _ Ju pli interese, des pli bone. - The more interesting, so much the better. Nek _ nek _ Neither _ nor_ Nek germanoj, nek francoj - neither Germans nor French. It is estimated that to maintain a conversation on an everyday topic in the national language you need to know about 1500 words. In Esperanto it is enough to know about 300 roots, to speak at the same level of difficulty. Word formation allows you to “save” - using 10 prefixes and about 40 suffixes with clear meanings, you can easily form any you need word and express almost any shade of thought. + Origin: *Esperanto-teamo de Ivanovo* (2:5026/14.29) ================================================================================ Saluton al vi, All! Sincere via, Alexej aka Marillion.