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Translation

master, owner; host

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Examples

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The master of the house received us kindly.

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The dog followed its master into the street.

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The servants waited for the master's order.

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He is his own master.

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The host and the hostess sat at the table.

is the one in charge of a household, a business or an animal, and it turns up constantly in the older literature where servants and lodgings are everywhere. The feminine is the mistress of the house or the landlady, and is to run a household, which is why o is housekeeping. Do not confuse it with , one letter away and a very different job: that is a master of a craft or an art, the sense in majstroverko, a masterpiece. As a host at a party you are equally a , the one who does the guesting to someone.

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Word family

Words built on mastro with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • mistress of the house, landlady

    mastro-in-

  • to keep house, to run a household

    mastro-um-

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This word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 3: mastro, peza, pura and 7 more words.