Introductory lesson
Grammar
Nouns end with the letter "o"
Adjectives end with the letter "a"
Plural of nouns and adjectives: you add the letter "j" at the end. No exceptions.
Verbs in the present tense end with "as".
To get the past tense you replace "as" by "is".
To get the future tense you replace "as" by "os". No exceptions of course.
Vocabulary
Verbs
estas
am, is, are
dormas
sleep(s)
fermas
close(s)
Nouns
kato
cat
filo
son
patro
father
frato
brother
Adjectives
nigra
black
griza
grey
granda
big
bela
beautiful
Others
la
the
tre
very
Prefixes
mal-
you put mal before an adjective or a verb to get the opposite
e.g.
granda
big
malgranda
little
bela
beautiful
malbela
ugly
fermas
close(s)
malfermas
open(s)
Suffixes
-ino
to get the female equivalent
e.g.
filo
son
filino
daughter
patro
father
patrino
mother
frato
brother
fratino
sister
Exercise: translate into English
La kato dormis.
La katoj dormos.
La kato estas malgranda.
La katino estas nigra.
La malbelaj katoj estas grizaj.
La fratino estas tre bela.
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