184. Compound adjectives may be formed with an adjectival root for the first element, and a noun-root for the second element. Such adjectives have the meaning "possessed of" that which is indicated in the compound. (Similar adjectives are formed in English, with -ed as the final syllable):
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belbrova, beautiful-browed. bonintenca, good-intentioned. dumana, two-handed. |
longnaza, long-nosed. kvarpieda, four-footed. ruĝhara, red-haired. |
THE TIME OF DAY.
185. The ordinals are used in expressing the hour of the day, with horo expressed or understood. The minutes are expressed by the cardinals. In questions the adjective kioma (from kiom, how much) is used:
Kioma horo estas? What hour (what o'clock, what time) is it?
Je kioma horo vi venos? At what time (what o'clock) will you come?
Estas la dua horo, it is two o'clock (it is the second hour).
Estas la tria kaj kvin minutoj, it is five minutes past three.
Ni iris je la sesa kaj duono, we went at half past six.
Estas la oka kaj kvardek kvin (or: estas unu kvarono antaŭ la naŭa), it is eight forty-five (a quarter of nine).
THE SUFFIX -OBL-.
186. The suffix -obl- is used to form multiples indicating how many fold, as "two fold," "double," "triple," etc.:
duoblo, a double.
duobla, double.
duoble, doubly.
kvarobla, quadruple.
kvindekobla, fifty-fold.
multobla, manifold.
Trioble du estas ses, three times two is six.
Vocabulary.
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bilet-o, ticket. cend-o, cent. ĉie, everywhere (182). esprim-o, expression. giĉet-o, wicket, ticket-window. horloĝ-o, clock. |
pag-i, to pay. preter, beyond, past. staci-o, station. telefon-i, to telephone. vagon-o, car. valiz-o, valise. |