Suffix rules

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Suffix rules

Postby Minuit » 2022-03-02, 5:55

I have a question about suffixes. I know Esperanto is quite flexible, but how do I say for example: female puppy?

Hundidino or Hundinido? Is the order fixed? What about adjective order? Can I say both : Granda malbona lupo and Malbona granda lupo??

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Re: Suffix rules

Postby Swalf » 2022-11-30, 22:18

The suffix's order changes the meaning of words. The suffix next to the root changes it and the following ones change the meaning of the past combinations:

Hundinido => ((Hund)in)ido => descendant of a female dog
Hundidino => ((Hund)id)ino => female descendant of a dog

Granda malbona lupo and Malbona granda lupo are more or less equivalent and both adjectives modify the name lupo, but the position could empathize where you want to place the attention.
If in a sentence like this you want to modify the meaning of an adjective you have to use an adverb:

Malbone granda lupo => a wolf that is big in a bad manner
Grande malbona lupo => a wolf that is bad in a big manner
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