English-Esperanto Dictionary - mjwilliams92 - home

marvellous language, which our revered master has so generously given
to the world.
We take this opportunity of tendering our very sincere thanks to Dr.
Zamenhof for the invaluable assistance he has given us during the preparation
of this little work, as well as for his aprobita of it; and at the same
time we acknowledge our indebtedness to M.A. Motteau (Author of the
Esperanto-English Dictionary) for his careful revision of the proof sheets,
and for the many useful suggestions which his thorough knowledge of
Esperanto enabled him to give.
Particular attention must be given to the fact that it is to the root of a
word that the prefixes and suffixes are added. When it is stated that the
final letter "i" indicates the infinitive, the letter "o" the noun, the letter "a"
the adjective, the letter "e" the adverb, the letter "j" added to form the
plural, etc., the pronouns "mi", "li", "vi", etc., do not interfere with the
statement, for they are complete words; the letters "m", "l", and "v" are
not roots. The word "do" is not a noun, because "d" is not a root. The word
"plej" is not a plural, because "ple" is not a root. The word "meti", to put,
has nothing to do with the diminutive suffix "et", because "m" is not the
root.
The reader of this Dictionary will see to which part of speech the English
word belongs, by looking at the ending of the Esperanto translation
of the word.
PREFIXES.
bo'—denotes relationship resulting from marriage:
patro = father, bo'patro = father-in-law.
patrino = mother, bo'patrino = mother-in-law.
dis'—denotes division, separation, dissemination:
semi = to sow, dis'semi = to scatter.
ŝiri = to tear, dis'ŝiri = to tear in pieces.
ek'—denotes an action just begun, also short duration of an action:
kanti = to sing, ek'kanti = to begin to sing.
ridi = to laugh, ek'ridi = to burst out laughing.
ge'—denotes persons of both sexes taken together:
mastro = master, ge'mastroj = master and mistress.
edzo = husband, ge'edzoj = husband and wife.
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