152. The future active participle, expressing what the word modified will do or is about to do, ends in -onta, as vidonta, about to see, ironta, about to go:
La forironta viro vokis sian serviston, the man going to depart (the about-to-depart man) called his servant.
La virino salutonta vin estas tre afabla, the woman about to greet you is very affable.
La venonta monato estas marto, the coming month is March.
La venontan semajnon mi foriros, the coming (next) week I shall depart.
THE PERIPHRASTIC FUTURE TENSES.
153. The compound tenses formed by combining the future active participle with each of the three aoristic tenses of esti represent an act or state as about to occur in the present, past, or future, respectively, and are called periphrastic future tenses. Except when great accuracy is desired, these tenses are not often used. A synopsis of vidi in the first person singular and plural of these tenses is as follows:
| Present Periphrastic Future. | |
| mi estas vidonta, I am about to (going to) see. | ni estas vidontaj, we are about to (going to) see. |
| Past Periphrastic Future. | |
| mi estis vidonta, I was about to (going to) see. | ni estis vidontaj, we were about to (going to) see. |
| Future Periphrastic Future. | |
| mi estos vidonta, I shall be about to (going to) see. | ni estos vidontaj, we shall be about to (going to) see. |
THE SUFFIX -IND-.
154. The suffix -ind- is used to form words expressing worthy of, deserving of, that which is indicated in the root. It may also be used as a root, to form inda, worthy, malinda, unworthy, indo, worth, merit, etc.:
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dezirinda, desirable. laŭdinda, praiseworthy. mallaŭdinda, blameworthy. |
rimarkinda, noteworthy, remarkable. ridinde, ridiculously, laughably. tradukinda, worth translating. |
Vocabulary.
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ankoraŭ, still, yet. atak-i, to attack. bat-i, to beat. cert-a, sure, certain. defend-i, to defend. difekt-i, to spoil. edz-o, husband. fajr-o, fire. |
flar-i, to smell. gast-o, guest. ho! Oh! kri-i, to exclaim, to cry. kruel-a, cruel. kuk-o, cake. lign-o, wood. suspekt-i, to suspect. |