Language Strufture Problems

Esperanto

Examine the following data from Esperanto and answer the questions that follow.


1. virino; woman
2. fingro; finger
3. filo; son
4. domo; house
5. forto; strenth
6. piedoj; feet
7. knaboj; boys
8. viroj; men
9. filinoj; daughters
10. blatoj; cockroaches
11. maldika monaho; a thin monk
12. malbona fino; a bad end
13. malnovaj domoj; old houses
14. granda dikfingro; a big thumb
15. brunaj piedfingroj; brown toes
16. maljuna hundo; an old dog
17. bona amiko; a good friend
18. fortaj laboruloj; strong workers

1. What is the order of constituents (noun, indefinite article, adjective) in the Esperanto noun phrase?
2. How does Esperanto mark number in the noun phrase?
3. How does Espearanto express thee idea 'female'?
4. what is the maeaning of the following Esperanto morphemes?


5. Translate the following into Esperanto:
6. Explain any difficulty you had in choosing morphemes for 5C and 5d above.

Updated: Feb. 8 2011