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 * Word.||Affixes.
 * Sid-iĝ-is, became seated, sat down (i.e., he was standing up, and then sat down), from sidi, to sit.
 * iĝ denotes to become, etc.; li sidis would mean “he sat, or was seated.”
 * Bel-ec-on, beauty, from bela, beautiful, fine.
 * ec denotes abstract quality ; a “beautiful thing” would be belaĵo.
 * Ek-intencinta, he had just settled himself (literally, had begun to intend), from intenci, to intend.
 * ek marks the beginning of an action, as ekkrii, to cry out, ekkanti, to begin to sing.
 * Cigan-in-o, gipsy woman, from cigano, gipsy.
 * in denotes the feminine.
 * Infan-et-o, a baby, from infano, a child.
 * et denotes the diminutive.
 * Mal-satas, is hungry, from sati, to be satiated.
 * mal denotes the direct opposite of any idea, as forta, strong, malforta, weak.
 * Ŝancel-iĝ-ante, hesitating, wavering, from ŝanceli, to shake (cause to waver).
 * iĝ denotes becoming; the literal translation is, therefore, becoming to waver.
 * Pens-em-e, thoughtfully, from pensi, to think.
 * em denotes inclination to or disposition to.
 * Manĝ-ad-on, meal, from manĝi, to eat.
 * ad denotes continuance of action, and a meal usually represents more than one eatable (manĝaĵo).
 * Pet-eg-i, beseech, from peti, to ask, beg.
 * eg denotes increase of degree.
 * Vilaĝ-an-in-o,
 * an denotes an inhabitant.
 * a woman villager.
 * in denotes the feminine.
 * Instruit-ul-o, learned man, from instruita, instructed.
 * ul denotes person characterised by, as juna, young, junulo, a youth.
 * Mal-fermi, to open, from fermi, to shut.
 * mal denotes the direct opposite of any idea.
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 * eg denotes increase of degree.
 * Vilaĝ-an-in-o,
 * an denotes an inhabitant.
 * a woman villager.
 * in denotes the feminine.
 * Instruit-ul-o, learned man, from instruita, instructed.
 * ul denotes person characterised by, as juna, young, junulo, a youth.
 * Mal-fermi, to open, from fermi, to shut.
 * mal denotes the direct opposite of any idea.
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 * Mal-fermi, to open, from fermi, to shut.
 * mal denotes the direct opposite of any idea.
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