regxido kun la grandaj nigraj okuloj. Tien cxi alnagxis la virineto de
maro kun la bela princo. Kun plezuro. Kun cxiu jaro la nombro de la
membroj rapide kreskis.

La tataro restis sen bona cxevalo kaj sen mangxo. Li preskaux sen vivo
estis pelata de la ondoj. Ili teksis per cxiuj fortoj, sed sen fadenoj.
Li senvorte obeis. La folioj sin movis (or "movigxis") sencxese. Li
kreis sennombrajn birdojn.


LESSON 37.

Por. Pro.

"Por" means "for, in order to, for the purpose of, for the benefit of",
as "Li acxetis inkon por skribi", He bought ink in order to write. Por
is one of the three prepositions used before verbs in the Infinitive.

"Pro" means "for, because of, on account of, for the sake of" (cause),
as "Li demandis sxin, pro kio sxi ploras", He asked her, for what
(reason or cause) she weeps.

"Por" looks "forward" to the aim or purpose of the action, to that which
comes after the action, while "pro" looks "back" to what came before
the action and caused it to be done, as "Mi mangxas" pro "malsato" por
"vivi", I eat because of hunger in order to live.


VOCABULARY.