R.’s Epitome has proved a help to several students, and the author has kindly sent another rhyme, which, we hope, may have a similar result.
EG, when ending any word, shows a high degree.
Final ET, to birdo (bird), means a little B.
EDZ is married, GE means both. BO prefixed, in law.
ESTR master; member AN; IST a professor.
EK just starts; and AD goes on; RE repeats; again
ILO tool, and EJO where; INGO holder; then
ERO, one of; ARO lot; females all have IN;
UJ contains; ID the young; ULO greatest seen.
IĜ becoming; causing IG; DIS just separates;
ECO, abstract; AĴO, work; MAL always negates.
EBLA possibility; INDA worthiness.
EMA shows propensity; adjectives I guess.
(H.W.R., Ipswich).
The order in which the suffixes should be added is logically arranged. Take, for example, the word Infan-in-eto. Infanetino is not correct, because the -et is added to give the diminutive. Infanino, a little girl, Infanineto, a tiny little girl.
Similarly, in other cases, when two affixes are used in one word it is easy to decide which has precedence.
Who was the first Englishman to learn Esperanto? We invite correspondence on this interesting point. At the moment it seems that the distinction belongs to H. L’Estrange Ewen, Esq., whose number is 3010, and who, a short time since, wrote us a letter using the old style of writing, i.e., accents inverted, as in Bohemian, e.g., č, not ĉ.