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The prefixes re- and ek- and the suffix -ad- are attached to verbs.

Re- has nearly the same meaning as in English, back or again, as re-pagi, to pay back; re-porti , to carry back; re-ĵeti, to throw back ; re-salti, to rebound; re-kanti, to sing again; re-legi, to read over again.

-ad- denotes the continuance or continued repetition of an action; it means goes on doing, or keeps on doing, or is in the habit of, or in the past used to, as spiri, to breathe, spirado, respiration; movi, to move, movado, continued movement; fumi, to smoke, fumado, the habit of smoking; aŭdi, to hear, aŭdado, the sense of hearing.

Ek- has the opposite meaning to -ad-; it signifies the beginning of an action, or a short or sudden action, as kanti, to sing, ekkanti, to begin to sing; ridi, to laugh, ekridi, to burst out laughing; krii, to cry or call, ekkrii, to cry out; iri, to go, ekiri, to set out; dormi, to sleep, ekdormi, to fall asleep.

rivero, river.

lando, land.

seĝo, seat.

daŭro, duration.

okupo, occupation.

pluvo, rain.

vagonaro, train.

surprizo, surprise.

diamanto, diamond.

fulmo, lightning.

lumo, a light.

paf-, shoot.

ĵet-, throw.

aŭd-, hear.

fal-, fall.

atend-, wait for, expect.

lacig-, make tired.

frot-, rub.

rigard-, look.

elrigard-, look out of.

salt-, jump.

rapida, quick.

klara, clear.

lerte, cleverly.

energie, energetically.

kelke, some.

*ĉiuminute, every minute.

tra, through.

See page 84.