Esperanto/Lesson 6

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Prepositions
We have already encountered several prepositions, en, de, al, and kun. In this lesson we will learn several more and how to use them to derive new words.

Prepositions are usually used as in English. However, it is also common for prepositions to be used in derivations as those covered in lesson 4, with the preposition as the first element in the compound. Such compounds are especially common with verbs. Examples are:

The part-of-speech endings -o, -i, -a, and -e can also be added to prepositions to derive new words.

-ejo
The suffix "-ejo" indicates a place for the base word.

-ujo
The suffix "-ujo" indicates a container for something.

dis-
The prefix "dis-" indicates multiple directions:

Exercises
Let's play some more with the affixes from the previous lessons: Now, let's play with prepositions: Now, let's play with the affixes from this lesson:  Previous lesson — Main page — Next lesson
 * Go through the words in this lesson and tack on mal-, -ulo, and -ino. What do they mean? (answers)
 * Go through the verbs in this and the previous lessons and tack on prepositions as much as makes sense. What do they mean? (answers)
 * Go through the other words in this and the previous lessons and tack on prepositions whenever it makes sense. What do they mean? (answers)
 * Go through the words from this and previous lessons and tack on -ejo, -ujo, and dis- wherever sensible. What do they mean? (answers)