Ch 30 · Lesson 14Esperanto · Chapter 30 · Lesson 14 · Grammar primer
Kuirarto: the food words, pantry to drinks
, , , , , : the food words in scannable tables, nearly all international roots, and , a potato, built as an earth-apple.
The short version
A potato is an earth-apple:
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Most Esperanto food words are international roots with -o on the end: tomato, , , . A few are compounds of words you already have: plus gives , a potato, and plus bero gives , a grape. Nothing new to learn.
food words are mostly international roots (, ), and the grammar is word building: -- turns an animal into its meat, -- makes a place and -- a tool.
- beef, from, an ox- a kitchen, from, to cook- a knife, from, to cut
La pano the bread, la fromaĝo the cheese, la akvo the water, la suko the juice, la fruktoj the fruit, la kuko the cake.
The pantry
| Word | English | Note |
|---|---|---|
| bread | |
| milk | |
| egg | |
| cheese | |
| butter | |
| sugar | |
| salt | salty is |
| oil | |
| flour | |
| rice | |
| meat | the general word |
| fish | the animal; on a plate, |
| honey | |
| ||
| cream |
, .- I bought bread, milk and eggs.
Fruit and vegetables
| Word | English | Note |
|---|---|---|
| fruit | the general word |
| apple | |
| pear | |
| peach | |
| grape | bero: a wine-berry |
| strawberry | |
| cherry | |
| lemon | |
| a |
| Word | English | Note |
|---|---|---|
| vegetable | the general word |
| potato | |
| tomato | |
| carrot | |
| cabbage | |
| pea | |
| onion | |
| garlic | |
| salad; lettuce | one root for the leaf and the dish |
| mushroom; fungus | |
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Two of these are compounds of words you already have, so there is nothing new to learn:
.- The apples are..- Potatoes grow in the garden.
Cooked, sweet and to drink
| Word | English | Note |
|---|---|---|
| soup | |
| porridge | |
| sausage | |
| sauce | spelled with ŭ |
| dough; | |
| noodle | |
| pizza | |
| sandwich | |
| dish; a course | the plate and the food on it |
| Word | English | Note |
|---|---|---|
| cake | |
| biscuit | --: a small cake |
| tart | |
| biscuit | |
| biscuit | ReVo notes a preference for |
| chocolate | |
| a sweet | |
| ice cream | -- |
| dessert |
| Word | English | Note |
|---|---|---|
| water | |
| tea | |
| coffee | |
| juice | |
| wine | |
| beer | |
| champagne | |
| spirits | |
| alcoholic drink | -- |
.- I drink a cup of coffee every morning.
Going further: -aĵ-: the animal and the meat and the rest of the guide, when you want them. This lesson does not need them.
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