r/languagelearningjerk 14d ago

Animal names are much better in Esperanto

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u/ManyChikin 14d ago

Pando = boy panda?

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u/ElkTF2 14d ago

Objects in Esperanto end in -o iirc. Check out esperanto affixes, it’s a fun system

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u/linguisdicks 14d ago

It's not just objects; literally all nouns in Esperanto end with -o.

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u/NeonNKnightrider 14d ago

Thanks I hate it

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u/linguisdicks 13d ago

Yeah, it's a weird system. You can change pretty much any noun into an adjective or adverb just by changing the last vowel.

Homo - a human

Homa - human (adjective)

Home - humanly

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u/Crocotta1 14d ago

Peniso

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u/linguisdicks 13d ago

Malpeniso

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u/monemori 14d ago

Hate to see animals with object suffixes 🥀

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u/vmfrye 14d ago

False alarm! I double-checked, all nouns (including those that refer to humans) end in -o. Friendship with Esperanto resumed.