| Li | miras | ĉu | mi | aŭdas | , he wonders whether I hear. |
| " | miris | " | " | " | , he wondered whether I heard. |
| " | miros | " | " | " | , he will wonder whether I hear. |
| Mi opiniis ke ĝi estas bona, | I thought that it was good (I thought "it is good"). |
| Oni miris ĉu li venos, | they wondered whether he would come (they wondered "will he come?"). |
An indirect question is introduced by ĉu, whether, after verbs meaning "ask," "wonder," "know," etc.: Mi miras ĉu li venis, I wonder whether he came. Oni demandas ĉu li estas riĉa, people ask whether he is rich.
FORMATION OF FEMININE NOUNS.
59. Feminine nouns corresponding to distinctly masculine nouns such as frato, knabo, viro, may be formed from these by inserting the suffix -in- just before the noun-ending -o:
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fratino, sister (from frato, brother). knabino, girl (from knabo, boy). |
patrino, mother (from patro, father). virino, woman (from viro, man). |
Cf. English names similarly formed from masculine names, as Pauline, Josephine, Ernestine, Geraldine, etc., also German Königin, queen, from König, king; Löwin, lioness, from Löwe, lion, etc.
Vocabulary.
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almenaŭ, at least. ĉapelo, hat. ĉielo, sky, heaven. filo, son. konstrui, to build. miri, to wonder. morgaŭ, tomorrow. nubo, cloud. ombrelo, umbrella. |
paroli, to talk, to speak. parko, park. preskaŭ, almost. pri, concerning, about. promeni, to take a walk. super, above. timi, to fear, to be afraid (of). tiu, that (56). zorga, careful. |