COMPOUND WORDS.

It is often convenient to form compound words, as "posxtkarto",
"forpeli", "cxiuminute", "stacidomo", "senmove", "telertuketo". When
this is done, the word expressing the principal idea is placed last.

Generally it is sufficient to use the "root" of the qualifying word, but
if the sound or sense requires it, the whole word is taken, as "unutaga"
means "of one day"; "unuataga", "of the first day."


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ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS IN THE SENTENCE.

In English the sense often depends entirely on the order of the words,
e.g., the sentence "John saw George" would mean something quite
different if reversed--"George saw John." But in Esperanto, thanks to
the accusative "n", the endings "a" and "e" for participles, and the
pronoun "si", the order of words may be varied without altering the
sense. "Georgon vidis Johano" means exactly the same as "Johano vidis
Georgon."

But though the meaning can in most cases be understood whatever the
order of the words, it is best to adopt the simplest arrangement, and
to follow the natural course of thought, which is, first, that about
which we think, then that which we think about it. English students may
frame their sentences exactly as they would in their own language. In
Esperanto, as in English, the arrangement is sometimes altered, either