Interjections.
The following are the principal Interjections:
| adiaŭ! | adieu! farewell! |
| ah! | ah! |
| antaŭen! | forward! |
| atentu! | look out! |
| bis! | encore! |
| bone! | good! |
| certe! | certainly! |
| ĉu ne? or ĉu ne vere? | is not that so? |
| ĉu vere? | is that so? |
| efektive! | indeed! |
| fi! | fie! |
| for! | away! be off! |
| ha! | ha! |
| halt! | halt! |
| he! | hey! halloo! |
| ho! | oh! |
| ho ve! | alas! |
| hontinde! | shameful! |
| jen! | there! |
| kompreneble! | naturally! of course! |
| ne! | no! |
| neeble! | impossible! |
| nu! | well! |
| rapide! | quick! |
| rapidu! | hurry up! |
Formation of Words.
In Esperanto, considerable use is made of prefixes and suffixes, every one of which has a clear, fixed meaning. Great economy of vocabulary is thus effected, one root-word in Esperanto sufficing, when modified by suitable affixes, to translate many English words. Many of the affixes are often met with as single words. In such cases the English translation is added after the various examples of the affix in question.