LESSON 21.

Suffixes -eg-, -et-.


The suffixes "-eg-" and "-et-" are opposites; "-eg-" denotes a great
size or degree, and "-et-" a small size or degree, of that which the
word signifies, as "domo", a house, "domego", a mansion, "dometo", a
cottage; "sxnuro", a cord, "sxnurego", a rope, "sxnureto", a string;
"monto", a mountain, "montego", a huge mountain, "monteto", a hill;
"ami", to love, "amegi", to idolise, "ameti", to have a liking for;
"ridi", to laugh, "ridegi", to shout with laughter, to guffaw, "rideti",
to smile.

"-eg-" and "-et-" denote a greater or smaller size or degree than is
expressed by "very large" or "very small". The adjective "ega" means
"enormous, huge", and "eta" means "tiny".

VOCABULARY.

arbaro : a wood. somero : summer.
bruo : noise. kampo : field.
kalesxo : carriage. piedego : paw.
korto : courtyard. forir- : go away.
piedo : foot. murmur- : murmur.
teruro : terror. varma : warm.
militistaro : army. densa : dense.
serio : series.