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that is written in the International tongue can be understood by this Vocabulary. If several words together express one idea they must be written in one, but disjoined from each other by a hyphen; for instance, frat-in-o, being one idea, is composed of three words, which must be separately looked for in the Vocabulary.

a expresses an adjective; f. in. hom—man, hom-a— human acid sour, acid achet to buy ad indicates the duration of an action: f. in. ir — go, ir-ad — to walk; danc — a dance, danc-ad — dancing adiaŭ adieu, good-bye aer the air afer affair, business agl the eagle agrabl agreeable agh the age ajn... ever; f. in. kiu — who, kiu ajn — whoever ajh indicates a thing, having some quality or peculiarity, or being made of some thing; f. in. mal-nov — old, mal-nov-ajh — old things; frukt — fruit, frukt-ajh — made of fruits akompan to accompany akr sharp akv water al to; f. in. al li — to him (indicates also the (dative) ali other almenaŭ at least alt high, tall alumet a match am to love, like amas a crowd, mass amik friend an a member, an inhabitant, an adept; f. in. regn — state, kingdom, empire, regn-an — inhabitant of an empire, etc. Paris-an-a a Parisian. angul an angle, a corner anghel an angel anim the souç ankaŭ also, too ankoraŭ still, yet anstataŭ instead of ant indicates the participle present (active) antaŭ before apart separate aparten to belong apenaŭ scarcely, hardly apud near, nigh to ar indicates a collection of objects; f. in. arb — a tree, arb-ar a forest; shtup — step, stair; shtup-ar — staircase, stairs, ladder. arb a tree arghent silver as indicates the present in verbs at indicates the participle present (passive) atend to wait for, expect aŭ or, either aŭd to hear aŭskult listen to aŭtun autumn av grandfather avar avaricions azen an ass, a donkey

babil to prate, to chatter, to prattle bak to bake bala to sweep balanc to waddle, string, sway baldaŭ soon ban to bathe bapt to bapti\e bar to bar (a door), to stop (a passage) barb the beard barel barrel, cask baston stick bat to beat, to flog batal to fight, to struggle bedaŭr to pity, to regret, to repent bel beautiful, handsome ben to bless, consecrate, hollow benk trench best an animal, a beast beson to want