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affix order

de Jafiki91, 9 d’abril de 2010

Missatges: 12

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kris42 (Mostra el perfil) 13 d’abril de 2010 14.03.39

domo house
dometo little house
domego big house
domaĉo dirty house ( I am not sure )
dometaĉo .. ugly little house
domegaĉo big ugly house

you can create words like that ..

darkweasel (Mostra el perfil) 13 d’abril de 2010 16.01.29

Basically, affixes modify the entire word they're attached to. For example:
arbetaro = a forest (= group of trees) that has small trees
arbareto = a small forest (= group of trees)

Note that indeed domaĉeto can mean both "a small bad house" or "a purchase of a house" - if context doesn't explain the meaning, you shouldn't use this word, but dometaĉo/aĉeto de domo depending on the meaning. There are some other such ambiguities in Esperanto (respekti, kompreni, paperaro, intima are some examples that come to my mind).

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