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Lesson Zero - A few final items

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Lesson Zero - A few final items

1. Endings on things and descriptions of those things match, but never with actions or descriptions of those actions.

   birdo flugas	a bird is flying
   bela birdo flugas	a beautiful bird is flying
   birdoj flugas	birds are flying
   belaj birdoj flugas	beautiful birds are flying
   Mi amas belajn birdojn.	I love beautiful birds.

2. The definite article, "the", is la.

   ___Birdo flugas.	A bird flies.
   La birdo flugas.	The bird flies.
   ___Birdoj flugas.	___ Birds fly.
   La birdoj flugas.	The birds fly.

3. Ĉu [Cxu]? - Begins a yes/no question.

   Ĉu [Cxu] birdoj flugas?

   (Do) birds fly?

4. Posessive pronouns:

   Mia birdo flugos.	My bird will fly.
   Mia nomo estas Trio.	My name is Trio.
   Via nomo estas ...	Your name is ...

5. Yes and no

   jes	yes
   ne	no

There is a "Handy-Dandy" one page (2 sided) pdf cheatsheet available, provided by Esperanto-USA.org.

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