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The alphabet and pronunciation - Lodestone

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! Ju pli mi legas !in, des malpli mi komprenas !in." <strong>The</strong> more I read it, the less I underst<strong>and</strong> it.! Ju malpli mi laboras, des malpli mi volas labori." <strong>The</strong> less I work, the less I want to work.Occasionally des pli is used by itself, in the sense of “all the more”, “somuch the more”:" Mi kuris des pli rapide." I ran all the quicker.! Des pli bone." So much the better.Any, -ever6! <strong>The</strong> word ajn is used to give a generalizing sense to the expression.Placed after a correlative beginning with k-, it corresponds to the English“-ever”:! kiu ajn whoever, whichever! kie ajn wherever" kio ajn whatever! kiam ajn whenever! kia ajn whatever kind of! kiom ajn however much! Li atendu, kiu ajn li estas." Let him wait, whoever he is.! Kion ajn vi trovas, vi rajtas reteni." Whatever you find, you may keep.! Mi iros, kia ajn estos la vetero." I’ll go, whatever the weather is like.! Li sidas, kie ajn li volas." He sits wherever he wants.! Kiam ajn li venos, li estos bonvena." Whenever he comes, he will be welcome.When ajn is used with a correlative beginning with i-, it is usuallytranslated by any (at all, whatever):" iu ajn any(one)! ie ajn anywhere! io ajn anything! iam ajn any time! ia ajn any kind of! iom ajn any amount! Mi ne konis iun ajn en la #ambro." I didn’t know anyone (at all) in the room.! Donu al mi ion ajn por trinki." Give me anything (at all) to drink.! Mi estas preta iri en ia ajn vetero." I’m read to go in any kind of weather.! Li povas dormi ie ajn." He can sleep anywhere.Suffix/prefix7! <strong>The</strong> suffix -il- is used to denote an instrument by which the actionexpressed by the “root” is carried out:" tran#i to cut! tran#ilo knife! $losi to lock! $losilo key! kombi to comb! kombilo a comb! boligas boils (something) ! boligilo boiler, kettle! kuiri to cook! kuirilo cooking utensil! flugi to fly! flugilo wing! aviado aviation! aviadilo aircraft, plane

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