Esperanto/Lesson 7

 Previous lesson — Main page — Next lesson The theme of this lesson is family. The relevant vocabulary and the affixes that are useful to refer to family relationships will be covered.

Theme vocabulary

 * 1) Note on pronunciation: edzo is pronounced "e-dzo" not "ed-zo", so with the "dz" in the same syllable.

Affixes
There are a number of prefixes that are used to refer to family relationships, bo-, ge-, pra-, vic-, and eks-.

bo-
The prefix "bo-" indicates a relationship by marriage, i.e. in-laws.

ge-
The prefix "ge-" indicates both sexes together. It was originally used only in the plural, but is nowadays also used to indicate sex-neutral words where base words refer to males.

pra-
The prefix "pra-" indicates a more distant relationship than the base word.

vic-
The prefix "vic-" indicates family members were born from a previous partner.

eks-
The prefix "eks-" indicates a former relationship or former quality, like the English ex-.

Exercises
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