Translation
dog
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Examples
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My dog is sleeping under the table.
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The dog ran across the field.
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He has two dogs and one cat.
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Did you see the black dog?
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The boy played with his dog in the garden.
One root, a whole kennel. o is a bitch, a puppy (the -- of offspring, same suffix as ), o the kennel, o a small dog and o a mangy one. Esperanto does not keep separate words for these the way English does, and that is rather the point: learn and you have earned the other six for free. Note that a dog barks with , not with .
Where this fits
Word family
Words built on hundo with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- ĉashundonoun
hunting dog, hound
ĉasihundo: a dog for hunting
- fihundonoun
vicious dog, cur
fi-hundo: a shameful dog
- hundaĉonoun
mutt, cur
hundo-aĉ-: a bad dog
- hundegonoun
huge dog
hundo-eg-: a big dog
- hundidonoun
puppy
hundo-id-
- virhundonoun
male dog
virohundo: a male dog
Used in
Stories
(3)Grammar articles
(15)The Esperanto Accusative: What -n Does, and Its Four Jobs
Esperanto Suffixes -et-, -eg-, -ul-, -ist- and -an-
Esperanto Apposition: la urbon Parizon and the Echoed -n
Esperanto Comparisons: pli, plej, ol and kiel
Gender in Esperanto: -in-, ge-, and the Reform That Waits
Esperanto Interjections: Ho, Nu, Ve and Sound Words
How to Actually Learn Esperanto, and Why It Is Faster
Esperanto Grammar on One Page: All 16 Rules
Esperanto Nouns and Adjectives: -o, -a and Agreement
Esperanto Quantity Words: iom, multe, kelkaj and da
The Esperanto Reflexive: si and sia vs li and lia
Esperanto Rhyme and Metre: Counting Syllables, Adasismo
Esperanto Slang: Sound Like an Insider, Not a Textbook
The Esperanto Article la: When to Use It and When Not
Esperanto Word Order: Emphasis, ne and ankaŭ
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 6: hundo, koleri, pagi and 7 more words.