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Petema

de Aaron94, 2014-februaro-17

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Aaron94 (Montri la profilon) 2014-februaro-17 02:58:35

Back when I started to learn Esperanto the first time around I never really got into "making" words so excuse me if this is an obvious question. Almost everyday my boss says to me, do me a favor and...so I thought petema would be an appropriate word to describe him since he's always asking for things. I had just read about -ema yesterday so it seemed like it would work for him. Let me know guys! Dankon!

Also, is there an affix for step-, like step-mom and etc?

Mustelvulpo (Montri la profilon) 2014-februaro-17 05:07:39

"Petema" means having a tendency to ask or request, so it seems like a good way to describe your boss. For stepmother, I've seen both vicpatrino and duonpatrino used.

opincar (Montri la profilon) 2014-februaro-17 05:10:22

Aaron94:Back when I started to learn Esperanto the first time around I never really got into "making" words so excuse me if this is an obvious question. Almost everyday my boss says to me, do me a favor and...so I thought petema would be an appropriate word to describe him since he's always asking for things. I had just read about -ema yesterday so it seemed like it would work for him. Let me know guys! Dankon!

Also, is there an affix for step-, like step-mom and etc?
Petema works for describing "tending to ask" or perhaps to say another way English-wise: "inquisitive". As one who tends to ask questions: pet-em-ulo

You would use the root "vic" for step relation, such as stepbrother, "vicfrato". Nedankinde!

Ondo (Montri la profilon) 2014-februaro-17 09:00:23

Aaron94:Almost everyday my boss says to me, do me a favor and...so I thought petema would be an appropriate word to describe him since he's always asking for things. I had just read about -ema yesterday so it seemed like it would work for him. Let me know guys!
Petema is the perfect word here. Someone always asking for (requesting) things or services seems to be petema. You might call him petemulo. (Inquisitive would be demandema or sciavida, sciema, (eble tro) scivola.)

sudanglo (Montri la profilon) 2014-februaro-17 13:11:12

Petema is a possibility but perhaps your complaint is that your boss is too postulema (demanding), as his 'do me a favour' is more than a polite 'peto'.

The only hit in the Tekstaro for petema looks as though it used to mean beseeching. Postulema, however, is a relatively common word.

If you want to keep the idea of a favour, then 'tro emas peti komplezon', or 'tro ofte petas komplezojn', or 'komplez-postula'.

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