Translation
book
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Examples
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I am reading an interesting book.
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The book is lying on the table.
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He wrote three books about Esperanto.
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In the room there were many old books.
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Have you already finished the book?
Two things to keep straight. First, and look like relatives and are not: one is a book, the other is free, and the resemblance is an accident of Latin. Second, the places. with -- is a bookshop, the place where books are the business; a lending library is , its own root. o with -- is a collection of books considered as a set. Writing is when you author the thing and when you simply put marks on paper, which is a distinction English drops.
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Word family
Words built on libro with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- lernolibronoun
textbook, coursebook
lernilibro: a book for learning
- libraronoun
book collection, (personal) library
libro-ar-: a collection of books
- librejonoun
bookshop
libro-ej-
- libretonoun
booklet
libro-et-: a little book
- manlibronoun
handbook, manual
manolibro: a book for the hand
- taglibronoun
diary, journal
tagolibro
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Stories
(4)Grammar articles
(26)The Esperanto Accusative: What -n Does, and Its Four Jobs
Esperanto Apposition: la urbon Parizon and the Echoed -n
Esperanto Comparisons: pli, plej, ol and kiel
Esperanto Compound Tenses: esti + Participle, and When
Esperanto Compound Words: Reading Long Words From the Right
Esperanto Correlatives in Use: tiu kiu, tio kion and More
Esperanto Correlatives Table: All 45 Words on One Grid
Esperanto Demonstratives: Tiu, Tio and ĉi for This
What to Read in Esperanto: The Bookshelf, In Order
Esperanto False Friends: Words That Lie to English Speakers
The Esperanto Calendar: Zamenhofa Tago and Other Festivals
The History of Esperanto in Ten Episodes, 1859 to Today
Esperanto Impersonal Sentences: oni, pluvas, estas varme
Esperanto Question Words: Kiu, Kio, Kie and the Ki- Table
Unofficial Esperanto Affixes: -oz-, -iv- and the Rest
Esperanto Nouns and Adjectives: -o, -a and Agreement
Esperanto Numbers: Counting With Nine Roots, No Exceptions
Oomoto and the Bahá'ís: Two Faiths That Took Up Esperanto
Esperanto Participles: -anta, -inta, -onta and What They Do
Esperanto Particles: ĉi tiu, ju...des, ajn and mem
The Esperanto Passive: -ata, -ita, -ota and esti
Esperanto Personal Pronouns: mi, vi, li, ŝi and mia
Esperanto Subordinate Clauses: ke, kiu, kiam and Commas
Esperanto Transitivity: Which Verbs Take an Object
Esperanto Verbs and Prepositions: Which One Each Verb Takes
Esperanto Word Order: Emphasis, ne and ankaŭ
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This word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 13: libro, renkonti, malproksima and 6 more words.