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more
can, may
to be able to
to prefer
about, concerning
to greet
simple
spy
on
table
day
however, all the same, nevertheless
that
immediately
face

tio ne gravas
ne tio gravas

that doesn’t matter
that is not the thing that

li aspektas kiel studento

matters

he looks like a student

sxi aspektas june (also in use, although purists disapprove: sxi
aspektas juna) she looks young
−j

plural
viro, "man" > viroj, "men
virino, "woman" > virinoj, "women"
juna viro, "young man" > junaj viroj, "young men"
bela tago "beautiful day" > belaj tagoj, "beautiful days"

−i

infinitive
kompreni estas pardoni, "to understand is to forgive"
mi salutas lin, "I greet him";
mi volas saluti lin, "I want to greet him"
li komprenas, "he understands";
li povas kompreni, "he can understand";
la povo kompreni, "the ability to understand"

−is

verb, past tense
mi estis, "I was"
li venis, "he came"
sxi amis vin, "she loved you", "she used to love you"

−ebl−

possibility
kompreni, "to understand" > komprenebla, "understandable"
vidi, "to see" > videbla "visible" > nevidebla "invisible"
ami, "to love" > amebla "who can be loved", "lovable"

mal−

used to form opposites
ami, "to love", ne ami, "to be unloving", malami, "to hate"
forta, "strong", ne forta OR neforta, "not strong", malforta, "weak"

amdeklaro = deklaro de amo = deklaro pri amo
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afero
ajxo
anta~u

thing, matter; business
thing, object (synonymous with "afero", but rather more concrete)
in front of; before (prep.)