Lesson 16
Word-building
Roots and affixes: -ej-, -ist-, -il-, mal-, re-, and compounds.
Listen & repeat
Common suffixes
-ej- (place): lern-ej-o (school). -ist- (professional): gazet-ist-o (journalist). -il- (tool): skrib-il-o (writing instrument). -an- (member): partian-o (party member). -ar- (collection): vort-ar-o (vocabulary).
Prefixes and compounds
mal- (opposite): malbona (bad). re- (again): revidi (see again). ge- (both sexes): gepatroj (parents). Compound freely: sun-ekrano (sunscreen), unu-vorto (one word).
Vocabulary
Exercises
Exercise 1
lern + ej + o = ___ (school)
Exercise 2
journalist
Exercise 3
'Bad' from bona?
- malbona
- bonmal
- malbono
Exercise 4
___ (revidi) = to see again
Exercise 5
Build three words using -ej-, -ist-, or mal-.
Try it yourself first — no auto marking for written answers.