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Nouns

Adjectives

Other useful words

amiko ............................. friend

edzo, edzino ........... husband, wife
filo, filino .............. son, daughter
instruisto ........................ teacher
kato .................................... cat
knabo, knabino ............. boy, girl
libro ................................ book
pago ................................. page
papero .............................. paper
patro, patrino ......... father, mother
plumo ................................ pen
sego ................................. chair
tablo ................................ table

bela ............................ beautiful

bona ................................. good
facila ................................ easy
granda ............................... large
grava ......................... important
juna ................................ young
kelka ................................. few
multa ..................... many, much
nova .................................. new
sama ................................ same
varma ....................... warm, hot

au ........................................ or
car ............................... because
cu ......... (starts a yes/no question)
de .......................... of, from, by
eble ................................ maybe
jes ..................................... yes
kaj ..................................... and
kun .................................. with
la ...................................... the*
ne ....................................... no
tre ..................................... very

mangaj o ............................ food

akvo ................................ water
cokolado ..................... chocolate
kafo ................................ coffee
teo ...................................... tea
vespermango ................... supper

blanka .............................. white

blua .................................. blue
bruna .............................. brown
flava .............................. yellow
griza ................................. gray
nigra ................................ black
ruga .................................... red
verda ................................ green

al ......................................... to
antau .............................. before
en ........................................ in
sur ...................................... on

Notes:

Notes:

Verbs
ami ............................... to love
audi ............................... to hear
auskulti ........................ to listen
bezoni ........................... to need
devi .................. to have to, must
deziri ................ to desire, to want
doni .............................. to give
esti .................................. to be
fari ..................... to make, to do
havi .............................. to have
iri .................................... to go
labori ........................... to work
legi ................................ to read
lerni .............................. to learn
mangi ............................. to eat
paroli ........................... to speak
povi ................. to be able to, can
preni .............................. to take
scii .................... to know (a fact)
skribi ........................... to write
sidi .................................. to sit
stari ............................. to stand
studi ............................ to study
sati ............. to appreciate, to like
trinki ........................... to drink
veni ............................. to come
vidi ................................. to see
voli .......................... to want to

Phrases
Bonvole .......................... Please
C u mi rajtas ..................... May I
C u vi satas .............. Do you like
Dankon ..................... Thank you
is la ......................... Goodbye
G
Kiel oni diras ..... How do you say
Mi bezonas ...................... I need
Mi devas ............. I must, have to
Mi ne komprenas ............. I dont
understand
Mi ne scias ............. I dont know
Ne dankinde ....... Youre welcome
Ni iru .......................... Lets go
Ripetu, bonvole ..... Repeat, please
Saluton ............................ Hello
Notes:

ci tio ................................. this

ci tie ................................. here
tio .................................... that
tie .................................... there
hierau ......................... yesterday
hodiau ............................. today
morgau ...................... tomorrow
jaro ................................... year
monato ........................... month
semajno ............................ week
tago ................................... day
* a and an are not translated.
Notes:

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2003.02.22

Alphabet and
pronunciation
a
b
c
c
d
e
f
g
g
h

father
boy
bits
chip
drive
pen
father
get
jet
help

h
i
j
j
k
l
m
n
o

Verb endings

loch
teen
yes
leisure
king
lesson
moon
news
no

p
r
s
s
t
u
u
v
z

party
read
ski
ship
trip
boot
water
drive
zebra

Numbers
0
1
2
3
4
5
6

nulo
unu
du
tri
kvar
kvin
ses

Examples:
12
278
unua
dua
duono
triono

7
8
9
10
100
1,000
1,000,000

sep
ok
nau
dek
cent
mil
miliono

dek du
ducent sepdek ok
first
second
a half
a third

Sample affixes

infinitive .... i
past ........... is
present ....... as
future ......... os
imperative ... u
conditional .. us

iri .......... to go
iris ......... went
iras .......... goes
iros ..... will go
iru ............ go!
irus....would go

Noun endings
Subject
Direct obj.

Singular
o
on

Plural
oj
ojn

Adjective endings
Subject
Direct obj.

Singular
a
an

Plural
aj
ajn

bo ................... in-law
ge ................... both sexes
mal ................. opposite
aj .................. stuff, material
ar .................. group, set
eg ................. large
ej .................. place
estr ................ boss
et .................. small
id .................. offspring
il .................. tool
in .................. female
ul .................. person
Example:
cat
kitten

Use prepositions for indirect object.

Pronouns

Adverbs

I
you
he
she
one

End in e: rapide = rapidly

more .... pli
very ..... tre
most .... plej
too ...... tro
Examples:
too fast = tro rapide
fastest = plej rapida

kato
katido

mi
we
ni
vi (sing. and plural)
li
they ili
si
it
gi
oni
thou ci

Possessive pronouns formed by adding a: mia = my, mine

Correlatives

ONE
THING
KIND
PLACE
WAY
REASON
TIME
QUANTITY

ONES

WHICH,
WHAT
THAT
KIU
TIU
which (one),
that (one)
who
KIO
TIO
what (thing)
that (thing)
KIA
TIA
what kind of,
that kind of,
what a...
such a...
KIE
TIE
where
there
KIEL
TIEL
how,
thus,
in what way
in that way
KIAL
TIAL
why,
so,
for what reason
for that reason
KIAM
TIAM
when,
then,
at what time
at that time
KIOM
TIOM
how much/many, that much/many,
what quantity
so much/many
KIES
whose,
which ones

TIES
that ones

SOME
IU
someone,
somebody
IO
something
IA
some kind of

NO
NENIU
no one,
nobody
NENIO
nothing
NENIA
no kind of

EACH,
EVERY
IU
C
each (one),
everybody
IO
C
everything
IA
C
every kind of

IE
somewhere
IEL
somehow,
in some way
IAL
for some reason

NENIE
nowhere
NENIEL
in no way

IE
C
everywhere
IEL
C
in every way

NENIAL
for no reason

IAL
C
for every reason

IOM
some
(quantity)

NENIAM
never,
at no time
NENIOM
none,
no quantity

IES
someones,
somebodys

NENIES
no ones,
nobodys

IAM
C
always,
every time
IOM
C
all of it,
the whole
quantity
IES
C
everyones,
everybodys

IAM
at some time