Esperanto · Chapter 9 · Lesson 22 · Themed review
La korpo
Head to foot in twelve words. Half of these have been in the course since chapter 2; the rest complete the body.
Practise this lesson
12-word session
A quick mix of exercises - recognise, recall, type and build each word. Miss one and it comes back round until it sticks.
Worth knowing
Kapo, koro, korpo: the body words and the two that trip everyone
The body is the one topic where a beginner can say something useful almost immediately, because the grammar involved is nothing more than a noun and .
The parts that come in twos
, , , , . Nobody has one of these, so you will meet them in the plural far more often than the singular: , , . Get comfortable putting the -j on before you need it.
and are worth separating properly. A is the arm, a is the hand, and Esperanto will not let you blur them the way a casual English sentence sometimes does. Same with , the foot, which stops at the ankle.
is also quietly productive. Stick it to , a verb you have had since chapter 1, and you get piediri: to go on foot, to walk.
The parts there is only one of
is the head, the face, the heart, blood, the voice.
Two of these are the classic trap. is a heart. is a body. One letter apart, and no relation at all: if you write mia koro doloras when you meant your body, you have said something considerably more dramatic than you intended.
is the other one to watch, because is a single hair. The stuff on your head is o, using the same collective -- that turns into . One hair, a head of hair. English uses one word for both and is the poorer for it.
Put it together
. - My eyes are brown.
. - He has a strong voice.
. - She is washing her hands.
doloras, ĝoja. - My head hurts, but my heart is glad.