English-Esperanto Dictionary - mjwilliams92 - home

mal'—denotes contraries, opposition of idea:
estimi = to esteem, mal'estimi = to despise.
varma = warm, mal'varma = cold.
amiko = friend, mal'amiko = enemy.
re'—denotes the repetition of an act; it corresponds to the English "re,"
"back" or "again":
doni = to give, re'doni = to give back;
iri = to go, re'iri = to go again.
diri = to say, re'diri = to repeat;
veni = to come, re'veni = to return.
SUFFIXES.
'ad'—denotes duration or continuation of an action:
spiri = to breathe, spir'ad'o = breathing.
pafi = to fire (a gun, etc.), paf'ad'o = a fusilade.
'aĵ'—denotes a thing having a certain quality, something made from a
certain matter:
mola = soft, mol'aĵ'o = a soft thing or substance.
ovo = egg, ov'aĵ'o = omelet; bovo = ox, bov'aĵ'o = beef.
'an'—denotes an inhabitant, partisan, member of:
Londono = London, London'an'o = a Londoner.
Kristo = Christ, Krist'an'o = a Christian.
'ar'—denotes a collection or reunion of certain things:
vorto = a word, vort'ar'o = a dictionary.
homo = a man, hom'ar'o = mankind.
'ĉj'—inserted between 1-5 letters of a masculine name denotes a term of
endearment:
Johano = John, Jo'ĉj'o = Jack, Johnnie.
Ernesto = Ernest, Erne'ĉj'o = Ernie.
'ebl'—denotes possibility, something likely to happen:
legi = to read, leg'ebl'a = legible.
kredi = to believe, kred'ebl'a = credible.
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