Translation
a professional or adherent of the root
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Examples
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Our teacher speaks four languages.
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The doctor will come tomorrow morning.
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My uncle is a sailor on a big ship.
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The trader sold everything before noon.
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She is a keen Esperantist.
-- gives you the person whose trade, craft or cause the root names. gives , gives , gives , gives . Always a noun in -o, always neutral as to sex until you add -in-.
Two boundaries matter. Against --, an - is defined by occupation or allegiance rather than by a personal quality. Against -an-, an - follows a doctrine while an - merely belongs to a group, which is why a is a Christian by membership and a by conviction. And once more, mind the false friends: and are unbroken roots, not people who do anything.
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Grammar articles
(14)Esperanto Affixes That Are Also Words: ilo, aro, eta, igi
Esperanto Aspect Affixes: ek-, re-, -ad-, dis- and mis-
Esperanto Suffixes -et-, -eg-, -ul-, -ist- and -an-
What to Read in Esperanto: The Bookshelf, In Order
Esperantismo and the Interna Ideo: What Esperanto Is For
Finvenkismo and Raŭmismo: Esperanto's Big Argument
Who Decides Correct Esperanto? Fundamento and Akademio
Gender in Esperanto: -in-, ge-, and the Reform That Waits
Esperanto Food and Cooking Words: Kuirarto kaj Manĝo
Esperanto Countries and Nationalities: -io, -ujo and -ano
Esperanto Participles as Nouns: parolanto, venkinto
Esperanto Participles: -anta, -inta, -onta and What They Do
Scientific Esperanto: The Register That Almost Won
Esperanto Affixes: The Full List of Prefixes and Suffixes
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