160. Any preposition may be used as a prefix to a verb, provided the resulting compound is intelligible. A few prepositional compounds are given below, only verbs being shown, although nouns, adjectives and adverbs may be formed from these (116):
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alveni, to arrive. aldoni, to add. antaŭdiri, to predict. ĉirkaŭpreni, to embrace. ĉeesti, to be present. dependi, to hang from, to depend. demeti, to lay aside. depreni, to subtract. enhavi, to contain. eliri, to go out. |
interparoli, to converse. kontraŭdiri, to contradict. kunlabori, to collaborate. kunveni, to assemble. priskribi, to describe. subteni, to support. surmeti, to put on. traguti, to percolate. travidi, to see through transiri, to cross. |
Like English "out" the preposition el often develops in composition a secondary sense of "thoroughly" or "completely" (cf. "I am tired out"): eltrovi, to find out, to discover. elpensi, to think out, to invent. ellabori, to work out, to elaborate. ellerni, to learn thoroughly, to master. eluzi, to use completely, to wear out (transitive).
THE SUFFIX -EBL-.
161. The suffix -ebl- is used to form adjectives, adverbs, etc., expressing the likelihood or possibility of that which is indicated by the root. It may be used as a root, to form ebla, possible, etc.
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eltrovebla, discoverable. legebla, legible. manĝebla, edible. |
rompebla, breakable. videbla, visible. travidebla, transparent. |
The suffix -ebl- is often equivalent to the English suffixes -able, -ible, but these suffixes have other meanings also, as in "readable," worth reading (leginda), "lovable," deserving of love (aminda), etc.
EXPRESSION OF THE HIGHEST DEGREE POSSIBLE.
162. The adverb plej, most (74), modified by kiel eble (as possible), is used to express the highest degree possible:
Ĝi estas kiel eble plej bona, it is the best possible.
Ni estos kiel eble plej saĝaj, we shall be as wise as possible.
Li uzis kiel eble plej malmulte, he used the least possible.
Mi skribis kiel eble plej legeble, I wrote as legibly as possible.