Translation
father
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Examples
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My father is a strong man.
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He talked about his own father.
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Where is your father?
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The father and the mother stood at the door.
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I love my father.
One root, four common words: father, mother with -in-, parents with the both-sexes prefix -, and fatherly. That economy is the whole argument for the affix system. Watch the reflexive: is his own father, while would be somebody else's.
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Word family
Words built on patro with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- baptopatronoun
godfather
baptipatro
- bopatronoun
father-in-law
bo-patro: a father by marriage
- gepatronoun
parent (of either sex); (plural) parents
ge-patro
- paĉjonoun
dad, daddy
patro-ĉj-
- patreconoun
fatherhood, paternity
patro-ec-: the state of being a father
- patrinonoun
mother
patro-in-
- patrujonoun
homeland, fatherland
patro-uj-: the land of one's fathers
- prapatraadjective
ancestral
pra-patro: of the forefathers
- prapatronoun
ancestor, forefather
pra-patro: a father of earlier generations
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Stories
(1)Grammar articles
(16)Esperanto Affixes That Are Also Words: ilo, aro, eta, igi
Esperanto Suffixes -et-, -eg-, -ul-, -ist- and -an-
Esperanto Comparisons: pli, plej, ol and kiel
Esperanto Compound Words: Reading Long Words From the Right
Esperanto -us and -u: Conditional and Imperative
Esperanto Correlatives in Use: tiu kiu, tio kion and More
Gender in Esperanto: -in-, ge-, and the Reform That Waits
The History of Esperanto in Ten Episodes, 1859 to Today
Esperanto Body Parts: La Korpo, Head to Foot
The Esperanto Passive: -ata, -ita, -ota and esti
Personal Names in Esperanto: Johano, John or Ĝon?
Esperanto Personal Pronouns: mi, vi, li, ŝi and mia
Esperanto Prepositions: The Full List, With Examples
The Esperanto Reflexive: si and sia vs li and lia
Esperanto Verbs and Prepositions: Which One Each Verb Takes
Esperanto Affixes: The Full List of Prefixes and Suffixes
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 6: patro, iu, deziri and 11 more words.